19 December 2024
On 11 April 2024, a man attended a resolution meeting at the Kaitaia Police Station regarding an incident his son had been involved in. During the meeting, the man became frustrated and left. A Police officer escorted the man out of the station. The man pushed the officer who was standing at the top of a flight of stairs. In response, the officer tackled the man, and they both fell down the stairs. The officer arrested the man for disorderly behaviour. Police charged the man with assaulting the officer.
Public Report (PDF 471 KB) Media Statement
17 December 2024
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that Police were justified in fatally shooting Darren Lyttle following an encounter at Mr Lyttle’s home address in Feilding on 23 April 2023. However, we are of the view that Police command and control of the incident was inadequate and that the use of tactical options in quick succession prematurely escalated the situation.
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12 December 2024
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that Police officers breached aspects of Police policy while pursuing a motorcycle in Christchurch on 20 August 2023. The pursuit ended in a fatal crash.
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11 December 2024
3 December 2024
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that the detention and handcuffing of two children in the Napier township on 14 November 2023 was unjustified. We also found that the force used by one of the officers in restraining one of the children within the Oranga Tamariki office was excessive.
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21 November 2024
14 November 2024
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that a Police officer was justified in shooting a man to save a woman’s life in Wainuiomata on 16 November 2023.
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31 October 2024
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that Police were not justified in shooting at a fleeing armed offender at an intersection in Ellerslie, but were justified in later shooting at him at a property in Hillsborough, Auckland on 30 September 2021. The man sustained life-threatening injuries but survived.
Public Report (PDF 305 KB) Media Statement30 October 2024
The Authority investigated a complaint made by a junior female officer about sustained inappropriate behaviour, including comments of a sexual nature towards her, by a senior male officer who was also her supervisor. We found that the senior officer’s behaviour amounted to serious misconduct and there were shortcomings with the employment process undertaken by Police.
Public Summary Report (PDF 183 KB)24 October 2024
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that Police breached aspects of the Fleeing Driver Policy when they pursued a car that crashed and killed a back seat passenger on 17 September 2023. However, their actions were not the cause of the crash.
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