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Police could have alerted search teams faster after two fleeing men got lost in bush and died watchdog • Source: 1 NEWS
The Independent Police Conduct Authority says police should have acted sooner to alert search and rescue crews after two men running from officers got lost in the bush and later died at Tongariro National Park.
Your playlist will load after this ad Today s discovery follows an extensive search of the park for Vincent Taurima and Hakopa Ngaronoa. Source: 1 NEWS
On August 12, 2017, 26-year-old Matiu Ngaronoa and 21-year-old Vincent Taurima were involved in a short police pursuit on State Highway 1, south of Desert Road.
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The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that Police were justified in shooting a man on 24 November 2019, because he posed a lethal and imminent threat to one of his daughters who he was holding hostage.
At about 2.55pm on Sunday 24 November 2019, Mr W was shot dead by Police in Tauranga. He had held his two daughters, aged six and four, hostage for the preceding 15 hours.
Police were called to the address by Mr W’s partner, who had managed to escape from the house. The initial Police responders found Mr W barricaded in the wardrobe of an upstairs bedroom and holding a knife to one of his children. He swiped the knife at attending Police. They were unable to negotiate with him and made the tactical decision to withdraw. The Armed Offenders Squad, Special Tactics Group and Police negotiators all attended.
On August 12, after the pursuit, police found the abandoned car and tracked footprints a short way into the bush but did not find anyone. Overnight the men contacted Taurima’s ex-partner and father who tried to guide them back to the road. Taurima and his father decided not to call police for help. On August 13, Taurima’s parents alerted police that the men were lost and very cold. The men themselves made three 111 calls to police later that morning and a search and rescue operation was launched. Police used cellphone technology to try to determine where one of the emergency calls originated and searched there, but despite hearing voices nearby they did not find the men.
Police shooting: Police fatally wounding Darfield man justified, IPCA rules
14 Dec, 2020 10:00 PM
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Donald Ineson, was fatally shot by police who responded to reports he was threatening his family with a firearm in November 2018.
Donald Ineson, was fatally shot by police who responded to reports he was threatening his family with a firearm in November 2018.
NZ Herald
Police have been cleared of wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of a man threatening his family with a firearm.
The officers fired 10 shots at Donald Ineson, who later died after a bullet fragment struck him.
The 56-year-old Darfield man was killed after police responded to reports he was threatening his family with a firearm in November 2018.
She told the call taker her husband “got the shotgun out and he pointed it at me”. He was outside, and she had locked herself and their two children, aged 11 and 13, in the house. She told the call taker she thought her husband was going to shoot himself, then heard two gunshots and said: “Oh my god he’s done it already.”
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Emergency services were called to Donald Ineson’s home after he threatened his wife with a rifle. She later realised he was trying to open the front door and had not shot himself. She yelled at him to “wait for the police”.