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

A police officer has been applauded for his staunch response to a sovereign citizen who started reading him his rights after he issued her with an infringement notice.  

In a clip posted to X, the New Zealand police officer was seen approaching a woman in her car before he asked where he could send a fine to her for 'displaying incorrect plates'. 

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

'I'm going to read you your rights first,' she said.

But the police officer had no time for the woman's antics and replied: 'You don't need to read me my rights'.  

The confident woman proceeded with her lecture despite the officer's indication that he was not interested.

'You have the ability to give me nothing,' she said.  

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

When the woman finally finished her speech, the officer returned to the car and confirmed the woman's postal address, to which she protested. 

'I'm the beneficiary of my trust, not the trustee – so you can send it to the trustee,' she said. 

'Just send it there; that's fine; it'll get paid by my trust'.

Viewers of the video responded with praise for the no-nonsense officer on social media.

'I'd do the same. It's a waste of breath!,' one said. 

'I wonder how cocky she'll be when all the demerit points see her unlicensed, uninsured and under arrest,' another wrote. 

While a third pointed out: 'She's just racking up tickets. She's not winning'. 

In October, another New Zealand man stopped by police recorded a bizarre interaction where he read the officer his 'rights' before threatening a $100-a-minute fine if he were to be arrested. 

It's understood that the incident occurred in the Nelson region of the South Island.

After being requested by police to see his driver's licence, the man who called himself 'Mark', said he didn't have one and that 'you people know that'. 

But the confused officer responded that he did not know the man.

'Mark' then handed over a homemade identification that the officer rejected before he launched into a speech about the officer's rights.

'You have the right to remain silent, you have the right not to do anything, you have the right to get in your car and bugger off back to wherever you came from,' he said. 

He then warned the officer of incurring a $100-per-minute fee for detaining him, to which the officer replied: 'Sweet.'

After asking "Mark' again for his licence, the driver produced a piece of laminated paper he claimed was legitimate ID that had been served by the cop's 'boss'. 

The man was eventually placed under arrest by the officer while he repeated his threat to charge him $100-per-minute. 

The unfazed officer responded: 'I don't care. You can send me the bill'. 

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