Colin Doherty

The police watchdog has found significant failings in the way officers deal with and investigate fraud complaints - leaving the public with little confidence they'll be taken seriously.

The… Audio

The police watchdog, the Independent Police Conduct Authority, admits it doesn't have the resources to do its job properly.

The IPCA is struggling to cope as complaints against the police have risen… Audio

Police officers involved in fatal shootings have been allowed to view evidence before being questioned by detectives conducting homicide inquiries into the killings.

Police say they have now changed… Audio

New Zealand police kill at 11 times the rate of police in England and Wales.

Licence to Kill, an RNZ investigative series on police shootings launched today, shows New Zealand police have killed 39… Audio

A man who died in custody was failed by the police officers involved and would very likely still be alive if they'd got him medical attention. Video, Audio

A top investigator says the public should be worried about road safety in light of a scathing report into the police's mishandling of towtrucks.

The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found… Audio

The Police are strapping teenagers as young as thirteen into restraint chairs - despite a UN funded reported calling for them to be abolished four years ago.

The chairs use leg, waist, wrist and… Audio

The New Zealand police put 38 teenagers into restraint chairs between 2015 and 2020 - the youngest just 13 years old.

Restraint chairs leg, waist, wrist and chest straps to immobilise a person deemed… Audio

The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found officers failed in their duty of care in 2019, when a man was left in custody while unconscious, rather than being taken to the hospital.

The man… Audio

An independent report has detailed a toxic culture and a "boys club" operating within the police force.

Some are bullied so badly their hair has fallen out - and others have suffered from PTSD.

The… Audio

The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that the police were not justified in carrying out a pursuit which led to the death of an innocent motorist in Christchurch.

Nurse Kenneth McCaul… Audio

The police have been criticised for multiple failures which led to the death of a man in custody in 2018.

Alo Ngata, who was 29-years-old, had violently assaulted a stranger in Auckland's Freeman's… Audio

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