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Force Used To Arrest Man In Palmerston North Justified But Search While In Custody Inadequate
Tuesday, 18 July 2023, 10:42 am | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that an officer was justified in using force during the arrest of a man in Palmerston North, but that officers failed to adequately search him when later in custody, which enabled the ... More >>
Death Of Jaye Taueli While In Police Custody
Tuesday, 27 June 2023, 10:00 am | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has concluded that officers in Counties Manukau Custody Unit failed to recognise Mr Jaye Taueli was losing consciousness while in a restraint chair. This led to a delay in calling an ambulance to provide ... More >>
Injury Caused By Poor Restraint Technique Causes Broken Arm
Tuesday, 20 June 2023, 10:09 am | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that a woman’s arm was broken during her arrest as a result of an officer using a poor restraint technique. Police were called to a disturbance in central Hamilton in the early hours of 9 July 2022, ... More >>
Unjustified Use Of Police Dog
Thursday, 15 June 2023, 11:06 am | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that a Police dog handler’s decision to command his dog to restrain a woman who was hiding in bushes was not justified. On the night of 4 October 2022, Police followed a car that had been driven ... More >>
Use Of Force Against Man In Christchurch Justified
Thursday, 8 June 2023, 10:15 am | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that Police officers were justified in using force against a man who advanced on them with a knife in Rolleston, Christchurch, on 26 November 2021. Earlier in the day the man had stolen two vehicles, been pursued ... More >>
Use Of Police Dog In Respect Of Two Men In Whanganui
Thursday, 1 June 2023, 10:22 am | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that a Police dog handler was not justified in using his dog to bite a man who was resisting arrest but was justified in using the dog against a second man who threatened Police. At a Whanganui suburb ... More >>
Police Shooting In Southland Justified
Thursday, 25 May 2023, 10:19 am | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that a Police officer was justified in shooting a man who tried to stab him with a knife in Dacre, a rural area near Invercargill, on 19 March 2022. Police had information that the man had seriously ... More >>
Police Failed To Respond To Alleged Sexual Assaults Against Recruits
Wednesday, 24 May 2023, 10:17 am | Independent Police Conduct Authority
he Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that Police failed adequately to respond to multiple allegations over a 15-year period that a Police Medical Officer sexually assaulted Police recruits. In 2019, the Authority received two separate ... More >>
Decision To Shoot Tangaru-Noere Turia Not Justified
Thursday, 27 April 2023, 10:06 am | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that a Police officer was not justified in shooting Mr Turia outside a house in Papatoetoe on 25 February 2021. The Authority has found, on the balance of probabilities, that the officer’s ... More >>
Force Used On Youth In Tokoroa Justified
Wednesday, 26 April 2023, 9:54 am | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that an officer was justified in using force during the arrest of a youth, Mr X, in Tokoroa. At about 5.00pm on 29 May 2022, Mr X, aged 16 years, was driving a car north through Tokoroa. Due to ... More >>
IPCA Release Findings Of Review Of The Policing At Parliament Protest And Occupation
Thursday, 20 April 2023, 11:05 am | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has today released its review of the policing of the protest and occupation at Parliament in February and March 2022. Overall, the Authority found that Police served the public of New Zealand well in dealing ... More >>
Police Use Of Dangerous Manoeuvre Results In The Death Of Mr Peter Boy Tuhi
Thursday, 13 April 2023, 10:59 am | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that an officer used a dangerous technique to take Mr Tuhi to the ground during his arrest in Levin on 21 December 2021. Mr Tuhi, 67 years old, suffered serious injuries to his head and neck, and ... More >>
Unjustified Use Of Force In Christchurch
Thursday, 6 April 2023, 11:11 am | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that a Police officer’s use of his dog was excessive, when arresting a woman in Christchurch on 13 February 2021. The woman and a man were wanted for a series of burglaries across the South ... More >>
Officer’s Decision To Taser Man Three Times In Court Custody Unjustified
Tuesday, 21 March 2023, 10:30 am | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that a Police officer was not justified in tasering a man detained in the Tauranga District Court cells three times in February 2019. The officer was charged with assault with a weapon ... More >>
Use Of Force In Counties Manukau Custody Unit Not Justified
Thursday, 16 March 2023, 10:17 am | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that Police failed to investigate a complaint from a man that he had been assaulted while a detainee in the Counties Manukau Custody Unit. When the man returned to the Custody Unit two ... More >>
Police Use Of Firearm And Tasers In Busy Whangārei Shopping Centre Carpark Unjustified
Tuesday, 14 March 2023, 12:49 pm | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that officers should not have used a firearm and Tasers during a poorly planned and executed attempt to arrest a wanted man. On the afternoon of 3 March 2022, Police attempted to arrest ... More >>
Use Of Force On Youth In Auckland Justified
Tuesday, 7 March 2023, 10:14 am | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that Police were justified in using force to arrest a youth during a foot chase in Auckland in May 2022. During the arrest, the youth sustained injuries to his face and to two vertebrae in his ... More >>
Parliament Protest Review Update
Thursday, 2 March 2023, 3:04 pm | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority’s inquiry into the Police operations during the protest at, and occupation of Parliament grounds in February - March 2022 is drawing to a close. The Authority received nearly 2,000 complaints regarding Police ... More >>
Use Of Dog To Arrest Car Thieves In New Plymouth Justified
Tuesday, 31 January 2023, 10:02 am | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that a Police dog handler’s decision to command his dog to restrain two young people while arresting them for attempting to steal a car was a justified, necessary and proportionate response in ... More >>
Use Of Force To Detail A Mentally Unwell Woman In Rural Taranaki Justified
Thursday, 26 January 2023, 10:02 am | Independent Police Conduct Authority
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that Police were justified in using force to detain a woman in rural Taranaki on 18 April 2021. Two officers were called out to the rural town at about 5.30am after residents expressed welfare concerns ... More >>
