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Road spikes wrongly deployed causing injury

6 March 2019


The Authority and New Zealand Police have undertaken a review of the fleeing driver environment from which various recommendations have arisen. Many issues identified in this report are addressed by these recommendations. However, in addition to these, the Authority recommends Police amend the Tyre Deflation Device policy to require all officers conducting an overt deployment to wear high visibility apparel.

Read the related IPCA public report Road spikes wrongly deployed causing injury (PDF 533 KB)


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