Independent Police Conduct Authority

20/08/2024

The IPCA 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. Read the report here: https://rb.gy/bjso6i

18/08/2024

On Tuesday 13 August 2024 the IPCA 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. Read the report here: http://surl.li/efdzjo

06/08/2024

On Tuesday 6 August 2024 the IPCA has found that officers were justified in shooting Mr Fononga in Henderson on 17 March 2023.
Read the report here: rb.gy/qscm0u

01/08/2024

On Thursday 1 August 2024 the IPCA found that 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. Read the report here https://rb.gy/529wtg

25/06/2024

On Tuesday 25 June 2024 the IPCA found that Police’s use of force to defend themselves and Corrections staff during the Waikeria Prison riot, 29 Dec 2020 until 3 Jan 2021 was justified. Read the report here: https://xx.nz/QMAHG

20/06/2024

20/06/2024

The IPCA 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. Read the report here: https://xx.nz/Ofcep

12/06/2024

On Tuesday 11 June 2024 the IPCA found that Police failed to respond appropriately to an emergency call reporting that a pedestrian had been hit by a car near Benneydale. Read the report here: https://xx.nz/xzBfN

06/06/2024

The IPCA has found that Police were justified in using pepper spray during a public disorder incident in Kaitaia in October 2022. Read the report here: https://xx.nz/UzlqF

27/05/2024

Police arrested a man in Tauranga on 19 April 2023, who had stolen a car and abducted his daughter the day prior, then fled from Police. The Authority found the use of a Police dog during the arrest was justified. Read the report here: https://xx.nz/uiogP

19/05/2024

On Thursday16 May 2024 the IPCA found that at an incident at Henderson where an officer had struck a man with his Police vehicle, the use of a 'weapon of opportunity' in these specific circumstances, was justified under section 48 of the Crimes Act 1961. Read the report here: https://xx.nz/dKgQE