08 November 2019
An investigation report has found that Police Scotland failed to categorise a 38-year-old woman as a missing person after concern was raised for her welfare.
She was later found unresponsive at her Ayrshire home and pronounced dead.
Read more04 November 2019
In 11 Complaint Handling Reviews (CHRs) published by the Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) today, Monday 4 November 2019, the Review Team found that 29 of 36 individual complaints were handled to a reasonable standard by Police Scotland.
Read more11 October 2019
Procedures to monitor people being transported in custody have been reviewed after a man set himself on fire in the back of a police van.
The incident on 15 February 2019 happened after the 42-year-old man was arrested in Arbroath following a disturbance, where it is alleged he had been in possession of a knife.
Read more12 September 2019
An investigation report has found that if police had attended an initial report of a serious assault they could have prevented a subsequent attack on a man, which left him seriously injured and permanently disfigured.
Read more09 September 2019
An investigation report has found that a police driver was not to blame for a collision involving their vehicle and two other cars being driven by members of the public.
Read more20 August 2019
Senior Solicitor Michelle Macleod has taken up her position as Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC).
Michelle, who was appointed by the Cabinet Secretary in June, started her five-year term as Commissioner on Saturday 17 August 2019. She was previously Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector for the Inspectorate of Prosecution in Scotland.
Read more17 July 2019
An independent investigation has recommended that Police Scotland undertakes a review of the guidance given to officers regarding monitoring people being transported in police vehicles.
The recommendation comes after a 25-year-old woman suffered severe burns when she set fire to her clothing in the back of a police van in Glasgow on Saturday 27 April 2019.
Read more09 July 2019
The Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) is carrying out an investigation following the death of a man whose body was recovered from the River Clyde in Glasgow on Wednesday 4 July 2019.
Read more04 July 2019
An independent investigation has found that police were justified in using a Taser device on a 20-year-old man who they feared may harm himself.
Read more27 June 2019
The Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) is investigating the circumstances leading up to and including the serious injury of a 28-year-old man following a police pursuit in Aberdeen in the early hours of Wednesday 26 June 2019.
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