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  • 04 December 2020

    Witness appeal folowing fatal road crash in Ayrshire on 28 November 2020

    The Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) is making an appeal for witnesses following the death of a 25-year-old man in a fatal road crash in South Ayrshire. About 7.55pm on Saturday 28 November 2020, the man was driving a blue Audi A4 car when it collid...

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  • 04 December 2020

    Witness appeal folowing fatal road crash in Ayrshire on 28 November 2020

    The Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) is making an appeal for witnesses following the death of a 25-year-old man in a fatal road crash in South Ayrshire at the weekend.

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    • death following police contact
    • witness appeal
  • 11 September 2020

    Police acted appropriately prior to death of man whose car collided with a lorry

    An independent investigation report has found that police acted appropriately in their interaction with a man, who later died after his car collided with an articulated lorry.

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    • death following police contact
  • 29 June 2020

    Investigation launched into death of 28-year-old man shot by armed police

    An investigation has been launched into the death of a 28-year-old man shot by armed police during an incident in Glasgow. The independent inquiry remains ongoing and a report will be submitted to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service in due course.

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    • Firearms Discharge
    • death following police contact
    • Armed Response
  • 13 January 2020

    Investigation into police actions prior to death of elderly woman in Fife

    A new investigation has been launched following the death of a 97-year-old woman in Fife.

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    • death following police contact
  • 07 January 2020

    Investigation launched following road crash in Dundee resulting in one death and serious injury

    A new investigation has been launched following a road traffic crash in Dundee, which resulted in the death of one man and another seriously injured.

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    • death following police contact
    • Tayside
  • 03 July 2019

    Investigation launched following death of motorcyclist, 33

    The PIRC is investigating the actions of police officers in the lead up to a road traffic collision in Inverness involving a motorcycle.

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    • death following police contact
  • 27 June 2019

    PIRC investigates circumstances leading up to death of woman

    The Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) is investigating the circumstances leading up to the death of a woman in Dundee on Wednesday 26 June 2019.

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    • death following police contact
  • 28 February 2019

    Commissioner investigates circumstances of death of woman in Dalkeith

    The Police Investigations & Review Commisioner (PIRC) is investigating the circumstances of the death of a 40-year-old woman in Dalkeith.

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    • death following police contact
  • 13 December 2018

    Information from 999 call was not passed on properly to police officers prior to man being found dead

    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.

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    • death following police contact
  • 10 December 2018

    Police provided appropriate response prior to death of man at quarry

    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.

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    • death following police contact
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