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  • 26 October 2018

    Commissioner concludes investigation into police contact with 22-year-old man prior to his death

    The Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) has concluded her investigation into police contact with a 22-year-old man prior to his death at Jordanhill Train Station in Glasgow on 1 April 2018. The matter was referred by the Crown Office and Procurator Fis...

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  • 26 October 2018

    Commissioner concludes investigation into police contact with 22-year-old man prior to his death

    The Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) has concluded her investigation into police contact with a 22-year-old man prior to his death at Jordanhill Train Station in Glasgow on 1 April 2018.

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    • death following police contact
  • 17 October 2018

    Failings identified in police handling of reports of concern for woman later found dead

    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.

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    • death following police contact
    • Police Scotland
  • 28 September 2018

    Commissioner investigating use of Taser and PAVA spray during incident in Bannockburn

    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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    • Use of PAVA spray
    • Taser
  • 05 September 2018

    Report finds Police were justified in use of PAVA spray

    A report has found that Police Scotland were justified in using PAVA irritant spray to subdue a man they were trying to detain during a drugs search and to prevent him from escaping.

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    • Use of PAVA spray
    • Police Scotland
  • 29 August 2018

    Police should have made further enquiries to trace 'dropped' 999 caller later found dead

    A report has found that police failed to make diligent enquiries to trace a 72-year-old man who had made a 999 call for an ambulance before he was found dead in his home, at supported accommodation in Inverness, the following day.

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    • Police response following death
  • 27 August 2018

    Commissioner investigating police contact prior to discovery of man's body

    We are carrying out an investigation after the body of a 41-year-old man was found at his home in the Crieff area on 10 August 2018.

    The investigation will focus on events leading up to the discovery of the man's body.

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    • death following police contact
  • 24 August 2018

    Commissioner investigating the use of PAVA spray during incident in Milngavie

    The Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) is investigating the use of an incapacitant spray, known as PAVA, on two men during an incident in Milngavie on 17 August 2018.

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    • Police Scotland
    • Use of PAVA spray
  • 17 August 2018

    Police Officers showed professionalism in dealing with man who carried out axe attack

    A report has found that two police officers acted courageously and professionally when confronted with a violent man who was armed with knives and intent on suicide.

     

     

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    • Police Scotland
    • death following police contact
  • 07 August 2018

    Commissioner recommends that Police Scotland apologises over actions of firearms officers

    The Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) has recommended that Police Scotland apologises to several people after Firearms Officers pointed their weapons at them and forced one man out of his home and others out of cars at gunpoint.

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    • Firearms
  • 19 July 2018

    Commissioner investigating Taser incident involving 32-year-old man in Dundee

    The PIRC is investigating the use of a Taser against a man in Dundee on 7 July 2018.

     

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