Independent Police Conduct Authority
Police officer's decision to punch bystander justified - IPCA
A police officer has been exonerated for using force to defend himself after a bystander intervened as he was trying to arrest another man.
Investigation broadened into police photographing youths
The Independent Police Conduct Authority and the Privacy Commissioner are broadening their investigation into the police practice of photographing innocent youths - to include any member of the… Audio
Police investigating officer behaviour during arrest of tagger
Police are talking to the four officers who held a man down as they arrested him for tagging a wall in Auckland in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Bystanders who filmed the altercation are… Audio
IPCA slams officer over conflict of interest
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has slated a former officer who damaged an investigation into a teacher's relationship with a 13-year-old girl and misled the Teachers Disciplinary Tribunal. Audio
Police chase review due October - IPCA judge
Nineteen people have died in the last two years while fleeing from police - the latest over the weekend was a 15-year-old riding in the boot of a car. Police Minister Stuart Nash told us he backed the… Audio
Lack of funding hampering cell checks - IPCA
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has not been able to check police and court cells as often as it would like, due to a lack of funding, according to a briefing.
Trespassed man illegally arrested, IPCA finds
A Lower Hutt man who was pepper sprayed by officers trying to serve a trespass notice on him was within his rights to stop them entering his home, the police watchdog says.
Officer who fatally shot man with slasher was justified - report
Police were justified in fatally shooting a Rotorua man armed with a slasher, the IPCA has found.
Police justified in Manurewa shooting, IPCA finds
The Independent Police Conduct Authority found the only realistic option for officers confronted by an armed man under a house in South Auckland was to shoot him.
Police pursuit on Wgtn waterfront an 'unjustified risk'
Pedestrians were forced to leap over a footbridge during a police pursuit on the Wellington waterfront which the IPCA has found put the public at 'unjustified risk'.
Man in hospital after police chase crash
A driver whose car crashed during a police pursuit in North Otago has been taken to hospital in a critical condition.
Police officer charged with wife's murder
Verity McLean - whose police officer husband is facing charges over her death - was a lovely person and great mother, a friend says.
Woman accuses Northland detective of sexual harrassment
A woman is accusing a senior Northland policeman of a four-year-long barrage of harrassment and molestation that took place more than a decade ago, as Carla Penman reports. Audio
Human error blamed for man forgotten in court cell
Human error and miscommunication were to blame for a man being left without food or bedding for 48 hours, police say.
Man left in Masterton District Court cells suffered 'mental torment', lawyer says
"He was moving around the cell trying to keep warm, trying to sleep using his shoe as a pillow, and definitely the thoughts going through his head were very dark." Audio
Man mistakenly left in court cells for two nights
An investigation has been launched into how a man was left in the cells of Masterton District Court for two nights at the weekend.
IPCA leads special inquiry into police shootings
The police union says four fatal shootings in 18 months are due to firearms getting into the wrong hands, but the IPCA is worried.
Officers cleared of assault to face other inquiries
Four police officers found not guilty of assaulting a man during an arrest in Napier last year will now face employment and IPCA investigations.
Police pursuit ends with crash on motorway on-ramp
A brief police pursuit has ended with the fleeing driver trapped in his car with serious injuries near Manurewa.
'Phoney' checkpoint a direct challenge to NZ's freedoms
Opinion - The IPCA's take on the use of a fake breath-testing checkpoint is likely to be severe - and it should be, writes Jarrod Gilbert.