Should the police have suppplied Rickards with a new car?

Opinion

Suspended assistant police commissioner Clint Rickards has a new $50,000-plus Holden Commodore courtesy of the police.
This despite being suspended for the last three years. The suspension followed the opening of an investigation into allegations by Rotorua woman Louise Nicholas that Mr Rickards and ex-police officers Brad Shipton and Bob Schollum raped her in the early 1980s.
Should the police have suppplied Rickards with a new car? Here is a selection of Your Views: Some of the views have been edited for legal reasons.