Police Association president Chris Cahill said while the trial was flawed, there is now a conversation to be had about the place of ARTs in policing.

Chris Cahill penned a column calling for a more inclusive culture around the same time Coster started sharing his vision internally.

A Hastings woman has been sentenced to six months and two weeks jail for spitting in the face of a police officer during an arrest.

Chris Cahill said in the past 18 months the association had worked closely with police to develop a process to deal with fatal police shootings.

Police have found a loaded sawn-off shotgun hidden by the side of a child's bed in Dunedin.

Chris Cahill commented on RNZ's Morning Report.