Police have confirmed a patrol car was stolen from under the nose of an officer after pulling over a vehicle in Hamilton.
A video of the theft is circulating on social media showing the brazen theft, after a man was put in the car by an officer.
The video was posted on the "Kiwi Az Bro" Facebook page about two hours ago and is already starting to go viral - being viewed more than 37,000 times and shared nearly 600 times and counting.
The phone video footage shows the police patrol car taking off at speed. The attending officer can only watch in horror.
The officer had pulled a car over and placed one of the occupants in the back seat of his car.