Two Sydney police officers 'reprimanded for changing woman's tyre'

Two New South Police officers have allegedly been reprimanded after going out of their way to help change a woman's tyre in February.

The officers are from Chatswood located on Sydney's North Shore and found a woman trying to fix a flat tyre on the side of the road at about 6pm near their police station, ‘’News Limited’’ reports.

The two helpful officers found her car jack wasn’t working so one of them returned to the station to get another jack while the other officer stayed with the woman by the side of the road.

The two of them changed the woman’s tyre and according to reports, a senior officer wasn't notified or aware of the situation.

The woman later wrote a letter to Chatswood police commending the pair on their good deed.

After the letter was received, the two officers were called in to a superior’s office and were told it was the NRMA who changed tyres and not them and said they went against protocol by separating.

The two officers were then reportedly reprimanded.

A police spokesperson denies the allegations telling Yahoo7 that there “has been no official reprimand” as of yet.

“The officers actions in this instance compromised their ability to effectively respond to an emergency and also involved possible breaches of security protocols,” he said.

“Police are there to help the public, but it is crucial that the assistance is balanced all time at the best interested of wider community.”

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