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Shots fired at a driver in the Coromandel justified
Thursday, 24 October 2019, 1:19 pm | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that it was reasonable for an officer to fire 21 shots at a driver who repeatedly drove towards and reversed at him in the Coromandel on 28 August 2017. More >>
IPCA Investigation into Bullying within New Zealand Police
Thursday, 24 October 2019, 1:18 pm | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority intends to undertake an investigation into allegations of bullying and related issues within Police. More >>
Young tractor driver tasered after pursuit
Thursday, 10 October 2019, 11:55 am | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that an officer's use of a Taser on a young person who had stolen a small tractor and led Police in a pursuit, was an unreasonable and excessive use of force. More >>
Police should not have pursued youths on Auckland motorway
Tuesday, 8 October 2019, 10:41 am | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that Police should not have pursued a Toyota stolen by five young people the previous day in an aggravated robbery. More >>
Complaint that an officer directed intoxicated man to drive
Tuesday, 24 September 2019, 12:18 pm | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that an officer in Te Araroa directed a man he suspected to be intoxicated to drive a short distance to a Police station, where the man failed an Evidential Breath Test. The Authority also determined that ... More >>
Pedestrian hit by fleeing driver
Tuesday, 17 September 2019, 12:11 pm | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that officers responded in a timely and appropriate manner as soon as they were aware that a fleeing driver had hit a pedestrian. More >>
Second tasering unjustified following disorder in Picton
Thursday, 12 September 2019, 11:13 am | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that an officer was not justified in tasering a man for a second time during an arrest in Picton on 23 June 2018. More >>
Chairman to assist Hong Kong IPCC
Thursday, 12 September 2019, 11:12 am | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Chairman of the Authority, Judge Colin Doherty, has agreed to assist the Hong Kong Independent Police Complaints Council (IPCC) as a member of an international panel to provide high level advice to the IPCC in relation to its proposed "Thematic ... More >>
Breach of 'journalistic privilege' during unlawful search
Tuesday, 20 August 2019, 10:18 am | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that the Police's unlawful search of Nicky Hager's property in October 2014 resulted from an unwitting neglect of duty and did not amount to misconduct by any individual officer. Police policy at the ... More >>
Police collision with motorcycle following pursuit in Chch
Thursday, 15 August 2019, 11:23 am | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that an officer drove carelessly during a pursuit and that this was the primary cause of a collision with a motorcycle that injured the rider. More >>
Shots fired to warn fleeing driver in Huntly not justified
Tuesday, 23 July 2019, 12:28 pm | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that an officer's decision to fire three warning shots to stop a fleeing driver from reversing towards him was not justified. More >>
Officer accused of sexual assault and breach of privacy
Tuesday, 23 July 2019, 12:26 pm | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Authority oversaw a Police investigation of an officer in Auckland accused of sexual assault and breach of privacy by his ex-partner. More >>
Police pursuit in Auckland that resulted in collision
Tuesday, 23 July 2019, 12:23 pm | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Authority oversaw a Police investigation into a pursuit of a fleeing driver in Auckland on 24 September 2018. More >>
Excessive force used after pursuit in Ramarama
Thursday, 11 July 2019, 11:13 am | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that two officers used excessive force during an arrest in Ramarama, South Auckland on 26 October 2016. More >>
Disappearance of nine firearms surrendered to Police
Tuesday, 9 July 2019, 5:04 pm | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found multiple failings in respect of the disappearance of nine firearms which were held by Police in Auckland from 28 January 2017. More >>
Excessive force used during public disorder in Huntly
Thursday, 27 June 2019, 11:53 am | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that an officer used excessive force during an arrest in Huntly. More >>
Police use of force following pursuit in Auckland
Tuesday, 25 June 2019, 12:45 pm | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that, following a pursuit in Auckland, a man was dealt with inappropriately and unprofessionally by a Police officer during his arrest. More >>
Excessive use of force by off-duty officer
Tuesday, 18 June 2019, 11:24 am | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that an off-duty officer unnecessarily involved himself in a dispute between his friend, Mr V, and the friend's former partner, Ms S, in Christchurch in November 2015. When the dispute escalated, the officer used ... More >>
Death of a man in custody at HBACU
Thursday, 30 May 2019, 10:24 am | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that Police as an organisation, as well as individual officers, failed in their legal duty of care when a man in custody died after a drug overdose in November 2017. More >>
Police officer should not have engaged in pursuit
Thursday, 23 May 2019, 11:58 am | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that a Police officer should not have tried to stop or pursue a car thought to contain young people in Palmerston North on 28 May 2018. The pursuit ended when the fleeing car crashed into a ditch. ... More >>
