Police carried out an investigation into the incident and the officer was charged with common assault and assault with intent to injure. The case was tried before a Judge and jury in May 2024 and the officer was acquitted ... .
The IndependentPoliceConductAuthority (IPCA) investigated the encounter and found that police used “excessive and unjustified force” in arresting the two men ... The officers are not named in the IPCA report released today.
Police acknowledge the IPCA's findings into the events surrounding an arrest and use of force in Auckland City... In its conclusions the IPCA made several findings, including that Officers A and B were ...