20 March 2019
A report by the Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) has found that police should have been sent sooner to the home of a woman listed as a vulnerable person, after a call from a concerned family member about her welfare was categorised as a priority.
Read more13 March 2019
A Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) report has found that police were justified in their use of a baton launcher and a Taser device when they were arresting an armed man.
Read more11 March 2019
The Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) is investigating the circumstances of a road crash in Kirkcaldy, Friday 9 March 2019
Read more28 February 2019
The Police Investigations & Review Commisioner (PIRC) is investigating the circumstances of the death of a 40-year-old woman in Dalkeith.
Read more18 February 2019
The Police Investigations and Review Commissioner (PIRC) has found that in three police incidents the use of Tasers by specially trained officers (STOs) was both necessary and proportionate.
Five hundred STOs have been trained by Police Scotland in the use of Taser devices and were deployed from June 2018 onwards.
In light of the recent deployment of these officers, the PIRC investigated the initial incidents involving STOs and their use of Tasers.
Read more18 February 2019
The Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) has today announced she will step down from her post when her five year term in office ends.
Commissioner Kate Frame was appointed in 2014, after the formation of the PIRC in April 2013.
Read more25 January 2019
A report by the Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) has found that police took all reasonable steps to trace a 22-year-old man suffering from mental health issues who ran off while they were taking him home and died after lying down in front of a train.
The report, released today (Friday 25 January 2019), said the officers responded promptly and correctly followed guidelines within Police Scotland’s Mental Health and Place of Safety Standard Operating Procedures.
Read more22 January 2019
A report by the Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) has found that Police Scotland failed to record a report for concern for a 25-year-old vulnerable man who went missing and was later found dead.
Read more28 December 2018
The Police Investigatons & Review Commissioner (PIRC) is investigating the death in custody of a 24-year-old man at Clydebank Police Station.
Read more27 December 2018
The Police Investigations and Review Commissioner (PIRC) is investigating the police response to a 999 call from an injured man in Penicuik.
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