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Reports on independent investigations 2024

Read summaries and reports of our investigations here.

From May 2024 our public reports will be either summary reports or longer "full" reports, depending on the nature of the incident or complaint we investigated. Summary reports provide a brief overview of our investigations and our findings, while full reports provide a more comprehensive analysis of the issues we examined and are accompanied by a media statement.

12 December 2024

The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that Police officers breached aspects of Police policy while pursuing a motorcycle in Christchurch on 20 August 2023. The pursuit ended in a fatal crash.

Public Report (PDF 462 KB)  Media Statement

11 December 2024

The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that a Police officer failed to comply with Police ‘Fleeing driver’ policy while pursuing a motorcyclist in Whakatane on 16 March 2024. The motorcyclist fatally crashed a short time after the officer abandoned the pursuit.

Public Report (PDF 319 KB)   Media Statement

3 December 2024

The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that the detention and handcuffing of two children in the Napier township on 14 November 2023 was unjustified. We also found that the force used by one of the officers in restraining one of the children within the Oranga Tamariki office was excessive.

Public Report (PDF 501 KB)  Media Statement

21 November 2024

The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that an officer used excessive force in fatally shooting Kaoss Price near New Plymouth on 16 April 2022.  We have not recommended that Police lay criminal charges against the officer.

Public Report (PDF 523 KB)  Media Statement

14 November 2024

The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that a Police officer was justified in shooting a man to save a woman’s life in Wainuiomata on 16 November 2023.

Public Report (PDF 501 KB)  Media Statement

31 October 2024

The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that Police were not justified in shooting at a fleeing armed offender at an intersection in Ellerslie, but were justified in later shooting at him at a property in Hillsborough, Auckland on 30 September 2021. The man sustained life-threatening injuries but survived.

Public Report (PDF 305 KB)  Media Statement

30 October 2024

The Authority investigated a complaint made by a junior female officer about sustained inappropriate behaviour, including comments of a sexual nature towards her, by a senior male officer who was also her supervisor. We found that the senior officer’s behaviour amounted to serious misconduct and there were shortcomings with the employment process undertaken by Police.

Public Summary Report (PDF 183 KB)

24 October 2024

The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that Police breached aspects of the Fleeing Driver Policy when they pursued a car that crashed and killed a back seat passenger on 17 September 2023. However, their actions were not the cause of the crash.

Public Report (PDF 508 KB)  Media Statement

22 October 2024

The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that Police did not use excessive force while detaining a youth (Mr Z) in Whangamatā on Saturday 31 December 2022. However, the Authority found that Police, although acting in good faith, had no lawful basis to stop the car Mr Z was travelling in, and did not comply with the provisions of the Local Government Act 2002.

Public Report (PDF 586 KB)  Media Statement

15 October 2024

At 5 am on 13 January 2023, the Armed Offenders Squad executed an arrest warrant for a man at a rural property near Kaeo. During the operation, Police fatally shot two dogs, and they removed a man out of a house, causing him a head injury.


Public Report (PDF 378 KB)   Media Statement

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