17 December 2018
A Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) report has found that police were justified in their use of a Taser to arrest a man who they believed posed a threat to people inside his flat.
The 32-year-old was incapacitated by an armed officer using the Conductive Energy Device at the property in Dundee on 7 July 2018.
Read more14 December 2018
The use of a baton round launcher by Police Scotland to help disarm a woman wielding an axe was necessary and proportionate, a report by the Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) has found.
Read more13 December 2018
A report by the Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) has found that a Police Scotland controller failed to pass accurate and relevant information to officers following a 999 report of a disturbance at a flat in Edinburgh, where a 51-year-old man was later found dead.
Read more10 December 2018
The police response to a report of people being in a disused quarry prior to the death of a 28-year-old man was appropriate and proportionate, a report by the Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) has found.
Read more07 December 2018
The Police Investigations and Reviews Commissioner (PIRC) is investigating the use of an incapacitant spray, known as PAVA, on a 39 year old man in Fraserburgh on 16 November 2018.
Read more30 November 2018
The Police Investigations and Review Commissioner is investigating the circumstances of a road crash on the A73 in Newmains, Lanarkshire on 22 November 2018.
Read more28 November 2018
A report has found that Police Scotland were justified in sending firearms officers to an emergency call from a woman who said that a man had threatened her with a handgun.
Read more23 November 2018
The Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) is investigating the use of an incapacitant spray, known as PAVA, on a 27 year old man in Edinburgh on 31 October 2018.
Read more17 October 2018
A report has found that Police Scotland failed to follow standard procedures in dealing with reports of concern for a vulnerable 65-year-old woman, who was later found dead in her Glasgow home.
Read more28 September 2018
The Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) is investigating the use of a Taser and an incapacitantant spray, known as PAVA, on a 28-year-old man by Police Scotland officers during an incident in Bannockburn on 16 September 2018.
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