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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 >>
Use Of Police Dog To Arrest A Youth In Hamilton Justified
Tuesday, 15 August 2023, 12:29 pm | 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 15 year old male was justified. In the early morning of 6 June 2022, a member of the public phoned Police after hearing ... More >>
IPCA To Review Police Response To “Let Women Speak” Event In Albert Park Auckland On 25 March 2023
Thursday, 20 July 2023, 9:29 am | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Authority has decided to conduct a general review of the Police response to the “Let Women Speak” event in Albert Park, Auckland on March 25. The Authority received 162 complaints about policing of the event. Of these, 34 were from people ... More >>
