11 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 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.
Read more14 June 2019
The Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) has found that police were justified in using a baton on a man with a history of violence who threatened to stab one of the officers pursuing him.
Read more07 June 2019
A report by the Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) has found that officers who pursued a stolen car before it was involved in a high speed collision were not trained or authorised to do so.
In a second report published today, the PIRC has made three recommendations to Police Scotland about the use of the Criminal History System (CHS) and Police National Computer (PNC), following the serious injury of a 31-year-old woman in Fife.
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02 April 2019
A report by the Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) has found that a man who was seriously injured while being arrested by police did not receive medical treatment for eight hours.
Read more27 March 2019
A report by the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner (PIRC) has found that a police pursuit of a car which crashed leaving a female passenger seriously injured, was proportionate and justified.
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11 March 2019
The Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) is investigating the circumstances of a road crash in Kirkcaldy, Friday 9 March 2019
Read more13 July 2018
The PIRC are investigating after a 31-year-old woman suffered a serious injury on 22 June 2018 at an address in the St Andrews area of Fife.
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