17 March 2020
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that a Police officer used appropriate force when arresting a man at Wairoa Police Station on 21 January 2019 and taking him into custody, until the point that the officer used his leg to flip the man onto the concrete floor in a cell.
Public Report (PDF 443 KB) Media Statement
12 March 2020
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found three Police officers crewing a Police boat during a search did not do all they should have to rescue a man when he was found in the Waikato River.
Public Report (PDF 515 KB) Media Statement
27 February 2020
20 February 2020
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that a 13-year-old was kicked to the head area during an arrest in Napier on 4 January 2019, and that this was an excessive use of force.
Public Report (430 KB) Media Statement
4 February 2020
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that Police in Auckland should not have gone to the address of a man who had earlier declined to speak with them in order to question him further.
Public report (PDF 314 KB) Media Statement30 January 2020
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that Police were justified in deploying spikes following a pursuit in Christchurch. The driver swerved to avoid the spikes, lost control and crashed into a tree. The driver, Glen McAllister (16yrs), his brother Craig McAllister (13yrs), and Brooklyn Taylor (13yrs) died at the scene.
Public Report (PDF 487 KB) Media Statement
28 January 2020
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has determined that Police should have abandoned a pursuit as it posed unnecessary risks, and that it was inappropriate for an officer to fire a warning shot at the ground as the driver fled on foot.
Public Report (PDF 421 KB) Media Statement