12 March 2026
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that Police were justified in using Tasers, a Police dog and head strikes to arrest a man who they believed had ready access to a firearm in Tiniroto, Hawke’s Bay. The man suffered a serious injury but survived.
26 February 2026
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that there were Police failings in the care of a man who self-harmed while in Police custody at the Auckland Custody Unit on 6 October 2023.
3 February 2026
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that a Police officer was unjustified in stopping a car, and using subsequent force, on a woman who gave him the ‘thumbs down’ gesture while driving past him in Auckland, on the morning of 22 December 2022.