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Death of a man in custody at Hawkes Bay Area Custody Unit

30 May 2019


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.

Public Report (PDF 593 KB) Media Statement
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