Labour MP Stuart Nash. Hawke's Bay Today Photograph by Warren Buckland
Labour's police spokesman Stuart Nash has apologised for backing a policy to exclude people on anti-depressants from becoming police officers.
Nash had been asked about the policy that prevents new recruits on anti-depressants from joining the force.
He said he agreed with it, saying it protected such people from harmful
conditions.
"I think there are enough people out there who would make brilliant police officers without any existing mental health condition," he told Fairfax.
"Do we want someone with an existing mental health condition in the police force, considering the high degree of stress, week-in, week-out that a lot of these officers face?"
