A crash between Stephen Corbishley, the Commissioner of Police, and a female motorcyclist on the streets of Hamilton last year was reviewed and the case dropped by the Department of Public Prosecutions.

A file was completed and the DPP concluded that “no further action was necessary”, a police spokesman said last night.

Sources told The Royal Gazette that Mr Corbishley had been referred to the police’s professional standards department as a result of the collision, in which the female rider sustained minor injuries.

The vehicles collided at 11.20am on September 17, at the junction of Church Street and Wesley Street.

The spokesman said a traffic collision investigator had conducted inquiries and examined the scene and that the commissioner had remained to assist before returning to duty.

The Gazette asked the commissioner last week about the accident, including whether he had been ticketed as a result.

The commissioner replied: “I can answer that one now as the matter you raise is incorrect, other than I was involved in a collision back in 2018 as described and indeed was reported in the media at that time.”

The incident was covered by ZBM.

Mr Corbishley added: “The collision was investigated, as is the case with all such collisions, and the outcome was no further action and not as some third party has suggested to you.”

The commissioner said he had asked his staff officer “to address this non-story”.

Our queries included whether there was a professional standards inquiry into the incident.

There was no word last night on whether it had been referred to the department.

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