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  • 20 August 2020

    Police dealt with incidents during COVID-19 health crisis appropriately

    Independent investigations have found that the police response to two incidents during the current COVID-19 health crisis was proportionate. On 4 May 2020 (link to report), Police Scotland responded to a report that several people had gathered within an address in Gl...

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  • 20 August 2020

    Police dealt with incidents during COVID-19 health crisis appropriately

    Independent investigations have found that the police response to two incidents during the current COVID-19 health crisis was proportionate.

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    • Discharge of PAVA
    • serious injury following police contact
    • Coronavirus
    • Firearms Discharge
  • 30 July 2020

    Police justified in discharging PAVA spray during arrest of woman acting violently

    An independent investigation report has found that police were justified in discharging PAVA spray during the arrest of a woman acting violently.

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    • Discharge of PAVA
  • 23 April 2019

    PIRC report finds police officer’s discharge of Taser was “unnecessary”

    The Police Investigations and Review Commissioner (PIRC) has found that a police officer’s discharge of a Taser on a 28-year-old man was not reasonable or necessary.

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    • Taser
  • 12 April 2018

    Police justified in use of PAVA spray following struggle with man during arrest

    The Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) has found that a police officer was justified in using a PAVA spray to subdue a man who began to struggle during his arrest.  

    Commissioner Kate Frame said the use of the incapacitant spray allowed the police to gain control of the 27-year-old and arrest him quickly and safely during the incident at a public house in Annan in March 2017.

    The man was later charged with a number of offences and has since been convicted of possession of an offensive weapon and resisting arrest. He received a prison sentence of 9 months.

    As the court proceedings are concluded, the Commissioner can publish the findings of her investigation.

     

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    • Use of PAVA spray
    • Police Scotland
  • 02 May 2017

    Commissioner submits report to Crown relating to death of 50-year-old man

    An investigation into police contact with Alan Hay, 50, who later died, has concluded and a report has been submitted to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS).

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  • 26 April 2017

    Investigation into discharge of PAVA spray by police on 27-year-old man

    The Commissioner in undertaking an investigation after police discharged PAVA spray during an incident involving a 27-year-old man in Annan.

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  • 05 August 2016

    Commissioner launches investigation following death of 50-year-old man

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