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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-1208/
- Published: 2025-05-12T18:30:35.000Z
- Updated: 2025-05-12T18:30:34.000Z
- Description: Mitchell said McSkimming resigned before he could be dismissed and revealed Prime Minister Christopher Luxon had been about to consider recommending to the Governor-General to remove McSkimming.
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Face of the Day

> Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming has resigned after being on suspension for months amid “very serious” allegations.  
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> Police Minister Mark Mitchell today confirmed via a statement that McSkimming has resigned “with immediate effect”.  
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> McSkimming’s legal representative told the *Herald* he would not comment on his resignation.  
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> The *Herald* revealed in December that McSkimming, the second-most powerful police officer in the country, was [on leave pending separate investigations](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/deputy-police-commissioner-jevon-mcskimming-resigns-before-imminent-sacking/7LLOSW7KTRGUDNZZSV3VQIU5OU/?ref=goodoil.news). The nature of the allegations could not be reported.  
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> Mitchell said McSkimming had resigned before he could be dismissed, revealing Prime Minister Christopher Luxon had been about to consider recommending to the Governor-General to remove McSkimming.  
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> “I instructed the Public Service Commission to commence the process to remove Mr McSkimming from office after allegations of a very serious nature recently came to light, separate to the investigation that led to him being suspended,” Mitchell said.  
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> “The Policing Act is very clear: A Deputy Commissioner of Police must be a ‘fit and proper’ person. They are rightly held to the highest standards of conduct and this new information called into serious question Mr McSkimming’s fitness for office.  
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> “When Mr McSkimming was invited to respond to these allegations he chose to resign. Mr McSkimming’s resignation has confirmed my view that his continuation in the role was untenable.”  
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> NZ Herald

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