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Reports on independent investigations 2022

Read summaries and reports of our investigations here.

14 June 2022

The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that a Police officer in Northland was justified in using a Police dog to stop a man trying to avoid arrest.

Public Report (PDF 326 KB) Media Statement

 

7 June 2022

The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that officers were justified in using reasonable force to transfer a man between cells when he refused to cooperate and became aggressive.  However, some of the force used was excessive and the man was injured. 

Public Report (PDF 503 KB) Media Statement 

  

2 June 2022

The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that an officer was not legally justified in arresting a youth for breaching a bail condition in Porirua on 4 October 2020. The officer neglected to consider the youth’s age, which meant he could not lawfully arrest the youth for his first breach of a bail condition. The officer was also unjustified in using a Police dog to make the arrest.
 

Public Report (PDP 351 KB) Media Statement 

 

24 May 2022

The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that a Police officer in Northland was justified in using a Police dog to stop a man trying to avoid arrest.

Public Report (PDF 304 KB) Media Statement

 

5 May 2022

The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that an officer was not justified in arresting a man who was seen urinating on a roller door in the Tauranga CBD, and therefore all subsequent uses of force by that officer were unlawful.

Public Report (PDF 532 KB) Media Statement 

 

5 May 2022

The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that an officer’s use of force when arresting a 14-year-old boy in March 2019 was unjustified.  While the arrest was lawful, it was undesirable and could have been avoided.

 

3 May 2022

On 8 November 2020, Police were justified in using force to effect the arrest of a youth for a suspected family harm incident and breaching a protection order in Christchurch. 

Public Report (PDF 596 KB) Media Statement 

 

21 April 2022

The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that an officer in Auckland used force that was unjustified and excessive during the arrest of a 14-year-old male (Mr X).

Public Report (PDF 294 KB) Media Statement 


14 April 2022

The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that, when an allegation of theft by a Police Officer was notified to the Police Professional Conduct office around October 2018, an officer failed to make an official record, follow due process, or commence an investigation.

Final Report ( PDF 297 KB) Media Statement   

7 April 2022

The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found the Police response was inadequate when they dealt with two family harm episodes, involving a man and his partner, at a property in Gisborne on 1 and 5 January 2020.

Public Report (PDF 387 KB) Media Statement 

 

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