Feb 02, 2021 04:44:29 PM The Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) in New Zealand has found the fatal shooting of a Fiji-born man by a Police officer in 2020 justifiable. Hitesh Lal, who was born in Ba and migrated with relatives to South Auckland as a child, went on a rampage with a machete on Central Ave in Papatoetoe in April last year. The IPCA decision which was released today stated that Police received reports of a man damaging property in the street and a police dog handler at the scene saw Lal trying to get through a smashed window at the front of a house and could hear screaming from inside.
One of the officers said the man, while appearing calm, looked like a methamphetamine user due to his wide eyes and being “a little twitchy”. The officers soon discovered he had a warrant for his arrest, as well as a bag of cannabis on the driver’s seat of his car, so they tried to arrest him. The man said he was told his head would be “smashed against the car” if he did not comply, but the officers said they only touched the man and asked him multiple times to comply. The man ran to a garden area, where he was tackled by an officer and placed in a bear hug.
Obituary: Deborah Dean Pennels
CASCO/WINDHAM - Deborah Dean Pennels, 84, died peacefully at Falmouth House at OceanView, in Falmouth on Jan. 14, 2021. Born in .
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Deborah Dean Pennels
CASCO/WINDHAM – Deborah Dean Pennels, 84, died peacefully at Falmouth House at OceanView, in Falmouth on Jan. 14, 2021. Born in Woodbury, N.J. on March 4, 1936 to John C. and Barbara W. Dean, she grew up in Port Washington, N.Y. and Wellesley, Mass. Upon graduating from high school in 1953, Debbie earned a B.A. in Sociology from Wheaton College, Norton, Mass. in 1957. After a whirlwind tour of Europe, she settled into a small coach house in Greenwich Village, NYC and worked for New York Life Insurance Company until meeting and marrying Stuart A. Pennels (deceased) in 1958.The first few years of married life were hectic as they had two children in quick succession, Stuart A. “Toby” Pennels (deceased) in 1959 and a daughter, Melissa Pennels Best in 1961. Then, having spent several years nav
IPCA investigation: Whangārei teenager pepper-sprayed by angry officer
21 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Whangārei teen Whakaari Peri with his mum, Gemma Hiakita, is glad he can move on now an investigation into alleged police misconduct has wrapped. Photo / Supplied
Whangārei teen Whakaari Peri with his mum, Gemma Hiakita, is glad he can move on now an investigation into alleged police misconduct has wrapped. Photo / Supplied
Multimedia journalist for the Northern Advocatekarina.cooper@nzme.co.nz
There will be no criminal charges for a Northland police officer who pepper-sprayed a Whangārei teenager out of anger.
A fellow officer who fired a Taser at the low risk 17-year-old will also not be charged.
The IPCA said the use of a Taser and pepper spray on a teen was inappropriate.
Police used excessive force, were unprofessional, and behaved totally inappropriately when they pepper sprayed and taunted a teen shortly after unjustifiably trying to Taser him, the police watchdog says. The Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) has upheld several complaints against two inexperienced Northland police officers who were called to a disorder incident at a Whangārei property on May 26, 2019, involving Whakaari Peri, who was 17. Neither of the police were identified in the decision, released Thursday, and are known as Officer A and B. Peri has agreed to be named. Police have accepted the findings.