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Officer Used Unjustified And Excessive Force At Rotorua
Tuesday, 5 December 2023, 10:26 am | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that Police used unjustified and excessive force when arresting a man at Rotorua on 13 September 2021. Two officers, one being Officer A, observed a car being driven erratically and decided to stop ... More >>
Police Officers Unlawfully Entered Canterbury Property
Thursday, 30 November 2023, 10:43 am | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that Police unlawfully entered a man’s private property to serve Family Court documents on the Court’s behalf. On 18 December 2020, two Police officers entered the property to serve the documents ... More >>
Force Used Upon A Young Person At Taupō Not Justified
Tuesday, 28 November 2023, 10:29 am | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that an officer at Taupō (Officer A) used unjustified and unnecessary force during the arrest of a 17-year-old female (Ms Z). During the late afternoon on 5 November 2020, officers attended a vehicle ... More >>
Use Of Police Dog To Arrest A Young Person In Te Awamutu Justified
Thursday, 23 November 2023, 10:02 am | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that a Police dog handler’s decision to use his dog to apprehend a 12-year-old male was justified. At about 1:30am on 4 January 2023, Police responded to an alarm activation at a pharmacy in Te Awamutu. ... More >>
Non-fatal Shooting By Police In Auckland Justified
Tuesday, 21 November 2023, 9:54 am | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that two Police officers were justified in shooting at a man who held three civilian drivers at gunpoint and hijacked their cars, while trying to avoid arrest. The man surrendered after the second officer’s ... More >>
Police Justified In Using Sponge Rounds In Self-defence During Arrest In Invercargill
Thursday, 16 November 2023, 10:33 am | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that an officer was justified in shooting a man twice with a sponge round. On 18 July 2022 the Armed Offender Squad (AOS) carried out an operation to arrest and search the property of a man, after ... More >>
Police Withdrawal Of Prosecution Concerning Fatal Motorcycle Accident
Tuesday, 7 November 2023, 11:53 am | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that Police were unjustified in their decision to withdraw a charge against a man pertaining to a fatal motorcycle accident at Rotorua on 29 January 2019. At about 5.25pm, 57-year-old Tony Parahi ... More >>
Fatal Shooting Of Mr Fakalago In Newlands Justified
Thursday, 2 November 2023, 11:20 am | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that two officers were justified in their decision to shoot at Mr Fakalago to save a woman’s life in Newlands on 7 June 2022. Police went to the address after receiving calls that a man had beaten ... More >>
Use Of Force During Arrest In South Auckland Justified
Thursday, 19 October 2023, 10:56 am | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that Police were justified in using force to arrest a man wanted for robbing a taxi driver in Mangere earlier in the day. On the morning of 10 December 2022, two men threatened a taxi driver ... More >>
Non-fatal Shooting By Police In Kaiapoi Justified
Tuesday, 17 October 2023, 10:39 am | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that Police were justified in shooting a man who confronted officers with a crowbar and knife at Kaiapoi on 25 June 2022. The man suffered serious injuries to his hands, chest, abdomen and legs ... More >>
Man Self-harms While In Police Custody
Thursday, 12 October 2023, 11:07 am | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that Court-based officers unintentionally enabled a man to self-harm while in Police custody, when they unwittingly provided him an illicit drug. When the man was found in an unconscious state, medical attention ... More >>
Use Of Force On Man In Gisborne Justified
Thursday, 5 October 2023, 10:12 am | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that two Police officers in Gisborne used reasonable force to arrest and restrain a man, after he assaulted an officer. On 27 May 2022, Police were called to a party at an address, outside Gisborne, where ... More >>
Police Investigation Of Fatal Crash Inadequate
Thursday, 28 September 2023, 10:02 am | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that, while Police’s decision to charge a man for causing a crash that killed two people was justified, their subsequent decision to escalate the charges from ‘careless’ to ‘aggravated’ was not. ... More >>
Concerns About Accuracy Of Information Relied On For Police Vetting
Tuesday, 26 September 2023, 10:52 am | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that Police officers who visited a man at his home on two occasions should have taken contemporaneous notes at the visits rather than after the event. The Police Vetting Service later relied on the ... More >>
Force Used On Youth Justified But Treatment While In Custody Inadequate
Thursday, 21 September 2023, 10:47 am | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found Police were justified in using force during the arrest of a 14-year-old girl in Christchurch. However, her care while in custody was inadequate. On 27 July 2022 at approximately 2.30am, the girl ... More >>
Punching Of Woman In Auckland Unreasonable
Wednesday, 30 August 2023, 10:16 am | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that an officer in Auckland used unreasonable force in punching a woman to the head, after she bit his arm. On 8 April 2022, the officer arrested the woman for breach of bail conditions. She was handcuffed ... More >>
Youth Kicked And Punched After Fleeing From Police
Tuesday, 29 August 2023, 10:25 am | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that two officers were justified in striking the driver of a stolen car while attempting to extract him from the driver’s seat. However, it has also found officers kicked and punched the driver after he ... More >>
Inspector Breached COVID-19 Health Order
Thursday, 24 August 2023, 10:21 am | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that, on 5 September 2021, an Inspector from Tāmaki Makaurau personally breached the COVID-19 Health Order by taking a group of people across the border in a Police vehicle to attend a tangi. ... More >>
Force Used Justified To Arrest A Man In Matapu Taranaki
Tuesday, 22 August 2023, 10:51 am | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority found that officers were justified in using force, during the arrest of a man (Mr X) in Taranaki. However, we found that an officer was not justified in shooting at the tyres of Mr X’s moving motor vehicle. On 18 ... More >>
Force Used In Palmerston North Arrest Justified
Thursday, 17 August 2023, 11:00 am | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that two officers were justified in using force against a man who was resisting arrest. One officer punched the man in the head and wrestled with him on the ground, and a Police dog ... More >>
