Media releases 2025

The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that Police largely acted within their powers when dealing with a group of young men who were being disorderly in Beachlands on 11 November 2023. However, Police failed to follow process when issuing formal warnings.

The Independent Police Conduct Authority received four complaints concerning Wellington Police officers obtaining a warrant and seizing vehicles for unpaid fines. In three of the four cases, officers lacked understanding of what is required when executing the warrants and failed to comply with legal requirements, thereby making the vehicle seizures unlawful.

The IPCA has found that a custody officer used unjustified force upon a male prisoner in the Counties Manukau Custody Unit.

The Independent Police Conduct Authority investigated complaints concerning the actions of three Police officers, involved in the investigation and subsequent trial of defendants charged with the murder of Mr Palmiro MacDonald.

The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that Police breached some aspects of Police policy during an incident that resulted in the deaths of two young people after a pursuit near Ōtaki.

The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that officers breached policy during a fleeing driver incident at Manukau that resulted in a fatal crash.

The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that a Police officer was unjustified in ramming a man with his patrol car and punching him seven times, after the man used a skateboard to smash the patrol car’s windscreen and window. Both the officer and the man were injured.

 The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that two men in Auckland were wrongfully arrested and that officers used unjustified force against the two men.

The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that officers in Gisborne failed in their duty of care for a woman who died while in Police cells.