Commission to decide officer’s future
The State Services Commission will decide the future of a traffic officer based at Leeston who was convicted of cultivating a cannabis plant in his home. Dirk Gimpel, aged 57, admitted the offence in the District Court on Tuesday. He was convicted and fined $lOO. An application for suppression of his name was declined by Judge Fraser. Gimpel’s counsel, Mr Philip James, said that he faced severe repercussions by pleading guilty to the charge.
Christchurch’s traffic chief, District Traffic Superintendent J. C. Butterfield, said that he would report the matter to Ministry of
Transport headquarters in Wellington. Headquarters staff would then recommend a course of action which would be accepted or rejected by the State Services Commission. There was no set course of action to be taken when traffic officers broke the law, said Mr Butterfield. Each case was decided on its merits. “We do not condone these sorts of offences,” he said.
Traffic Officer Gimpel had served with the Ministry for 23 years, the last three at Leeston, and at Roxburgh before that. He could choose to retire at 60, or work until 65, Mr Bfetterfield said. '
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