17 September 2024
In April 2024, a Counties Manukau officer pleaded guilty to fabricating evidence and a representative charge of attempting to pervert the course of justice relating to falsifying bail checks in January 2019.
12 September 2024
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that a use of force and the arrests of two men in Auckland in 2022 was unjustified.
Public Report (PDF 256 KB) Media Statement
10 September 2024
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that force used by two custody officers restraining a detainee within the Counties Manukau Custody Unit on 31 October 2022 was unjustified.
Public Report (PDF 326 KB) Media Statement
27 August 2024
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that an officer was unjustified in punching a man three times in the head while in the back of a Police car in Waimauku on 12 December 2022.
20 August 2024
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that a Police officer was justified in shooting a man who was in possession of a shotgun and had fired several shots at an unoccupied Grey Lynn address during an incident on 18 July 2022.
Public Report (590 KB PDF) Media Statement
13 August 2024
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that the force used by a Police dog handler, including a kick to the head, was justified in apprehending a suspected fleeing burglar on 20 September 2023.
Public Report (PDP 476 KB) Media Statement
6 August 2024
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that officers were justified in shooting Mr Fononga in Henderson on 17 March 2023.
Public Report (PDP 479 KB) Media Statement
1 August 2024
In the early morning hours of 26 May 2023, a stolen car with five occupants stopped near a liquor store in Dunedin. Some of the occupants broke into a container on the premises setting off the security alarm. The men stole several crates of beer. At about 1.25am, they fled from the premises. The car was seen by two officers in an unmarked Police car.
Public Report (PDP 523 KB) Media Statement
25 June 2024
On 29 December 2020, Police were called to help Corrections deal with a riot that broke out at Waikeria Prison and lasted until 3 January 2021.
The Authority found that the Police’s use of force to defend themselves and Corrections staff during that time was justified.
Public Summary Report (PDP 189 KB)
20 June 2024
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that a custody officer was unjustified in striking a detainee on the side of his head in the Manukau District Court cells in January 2023.
Public Report (PDP 375 KB) Media Statement