A South Island police officer has been charged with raping a teenage girl.
Police public relations officer John Neilson says the senior constable was suspended in early December and has been charged with sexual violation by rape of a female aged 12- to 16-years-old.
The man, who has been on the police force for 14 years, has name suppression.
Neilson says because of the suppression orders he cannot say where or when the man will be reappearing in court.
Only last week it was revealed Christchurch police were investigating claims two police officers had sex with each other in the Sydenham Police Station carpark.
Last year a West Coast police officer pleaded guilty to dishonesty charges and making false statements after he got warrants to check phone calls being made to his girlfriend.
