New Zealand cop praised over his ‘perfect response’ to ‘difficult’ sovereign citizen during traffic stop

A police officer was applauded for his strong response to a sovereign citizen who began reading him his rights after he served her with an infringement notice.

The clip, posted on X, shows a New Zealand police officer approaching a woman in her car before asking where he can send her a fine for “showing the wrong number plates”.

The woman began a speech about the officer’s supposed rights in response to his question.

“First, I’ll read you your rights,” she said.

But the policeman was not interested in the woman’s antics, and he replied: “I don’t need to read my rights.”

New Zealand sovereign citizen receives harsh response from police officer after she tries to read him his rights

The confident woman continued her lecture, despite the fact that the officer made it clear that he was not interested.

“You have the option of not giving me anything,” she said.

The officer then sent a clear message to the driver and simply walked away while she continued talking.

When the woman finally finished speaking, the officer returned to the car and confirmed the woman’s mailing address, to which she protested.

“I am the beneficiary of my trust, not the trustee, so you can send it to the trustee,” she said.

“Just send him there; This is fine; it will be paid for by my trust.”

Viewers of the video praised the no-nonsense officer on social media.

– I would do the same. This is a waste of time!” said one of them.

“I wonder how cocky she will be when all the demerit points see that she is unlicensed, uninsured and under arrest,” wrote another.

And a third noted: “She’s just selling out tickets.” She doesn’t win.”

The police officer had no interest in the woman and simply walked away while she continued her speech.

In October, another New Zealander in police custody recorded a bizarre exchange in which he read an officer his “rights” and then threatened a $100-a-minute fine if he was arrested.

It is known that the incident occurred in the Nelson area on the South Island.

After police asked to see his driver’s license, the man, who identified himself as “Mark,” said he didn’t have one and that “you know that.”

But the confused officer replied that he did not know this man.

“Mark” then handed over a homemade ID, which the officer rejected before launching into a speech about the officer’s rights.

“You have the right to remain silent, you have the right to do nothing, you have the right to get in your car and drive back to where you came from,” he said.

In October, another sovereign citizen attempted to tell a police officer of his rights by presenting false identification documents (pictured).

He then warned the officer that he would have to pay $100 per minute to detain him, to which the officer responded, “Nice.”

After again asking “Mark” for his license, the driver produced a piece of laminated paper, which he claimed was genuine identification, which had been handed to him by the policeman’s “boss”.

The officer eventually placed the man under arrest, although he repeated his threat to charge him $100 per minute.

The unperturbed officer replied: “I don’t care. You can send me the bill.”

In response to the incident, a New Zealand Police spokesman told local media: “This is an excellent example of one of our officers responding appropriately to a situation at hand.”