Tuesday, 13 April 2021, 9:56 am
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that
although the initial stop at a checkpoint was lawful, at the
point Police required a woman to pull over to the side of
the road for intelligence gathering purposes she was
arbitrarily, and unlawfully detained.
On 16 November
2019 Police set up a checkpoint down the road from a
‘Fight Night’ event in Ruakākā, Whangārei. A number
of the attendees were gang members, from a number of
different of gangs.
A woman, who was not affiliated
with any gang, was stopped at the checkpoint, breath tested,
her warrant and registration checked, and asked to produce
Photographs taken at Northland police checkpoint unlawful, IPCA says
13 Apr, 2021 03:29 AM
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Photographs taken by Northland police at a road checkpoint in 2019 have been ruled unlawful by the Independent Police Conduct Authority. Photo / File
Photographs taken by Northland police at a road checkpoint in 2019 have been ruled unlawful by the Independent Police Conduct Authority. Photo / File
Multimedia journalist for the Northern Advocatekarina.cooper@nzme.co.nz
Photographs taken by Northland police of a woman and her partner pulled over at a Ruakākā checkpoint near an event attended by gang members were unlawful, the Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) has found.