Backbencher

"Teen policeman convicted of drink driving." A nineteen year old police constable was pulled over on September 23rd of last year and admitted to having a couple drinks. The young man failed his breathalizer. After failing the breath test he was required to take a blood alcohol test and he had 112 micrograms per liter of blood, the legal limit is 80. He was a Wanganui police officer.
At a hearing he had yesterday he was convicted, disqualified from driving for only six months, and had to pay fines of $525 and a medical fee of $313.
I recently wrote a review about Australian police officers that had been convicted of over drinking on the job. But when I wrote that article I explained I was not shocked about the fact that there were drinking and rebellion issues in Australia. A country based on convicts is bound to have its problems right?
But today when I read this article I WAS shocked. I guessed I never would see something coming out of the country based on everything good and right, planned and perfect. I realize though that the "plan" fell through and New Zealand has just as many "issues" as any other country probably has.
From the outside looking in, only reading these articles, it appears that police officers, the noble and just of the land, have a common issue with too much alcohol.
I'm sure if I looked in to the United States by only reading the News Paper daily I would have some serious confusion about the way the country is run and what goes on there. It was good that an article like this one popped up only days after the other one!