28 September 2021
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that an officer used excessive force when he struck a man four times while trying to remove him from a patrol car in Waihi on 28 December 2019.
Public Report (PDF 490 KB) Media Statement
21 September 2021
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that Police were justified in the use of a Police dog to arrest a man who tried to run from officers in Dunedin.
Public Report (PDF 341 KB) Media Statement
16 September 2021
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that a Police officer was not justified in punching a man during his arrest in Auckland on the night of 7 March 2020.
Public Report (PDF 405KB) Media Statement
9 September 2021
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that an officer was justified in deciding to fire three shots at a man who drove his car directly at him while trying to escape from Police in Auckland on 31 January 2019.
Public Report (PDF 756 KB) Media Statement
19 August 2021
17 August 2021
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that an officer was justified in using a Police dog to assist in the arrest of a high-risk offender in Ōtāhuhu on 28 May 2020. Police had reasonable grounds for believing the man might be armed.
Public Report (PDF 319 KB) Media Statement
12 August 2021
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that Police should not have started pursuing a Mazda near Kaitaia in the early hours of 10 October 2020. The fleeing driver crashed the Mazda seconds after Police abandoned the pursuit. The fleeing driver and three passengers were injured, and one passenger died.
Public Report (PDF 607 KB) Media Statement
11 August 2021
10 August 2021
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that the force used to remove a youth from a car following a pursuit was unjustified.