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  • 28 December 2018

    Commissioner investigates death in custody of 24-year-old man at Clydebank Police Station

    The Police Investigatons & Review Commissioner (PIRC) is investigating the death in custody of a 24-year-old man at Clydebank Police Station. A spokesperson for the PIRC’s Investigation Team said: “We are investigating the death in custody of a 24-year-old man at Cly...

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  • 28 December 2018

    Commissioner investigates death in custody of 24-year-old man at Clydebank Police Station

    The Police Investigatons & Review Commissioner (PIRC) is investigating the death in custody of a 24-year-old man at Clydebank Police Station.

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    • death in custody
  • 20 December 2018

    Commissioner investigating death in custody in Edinburgh

    The Police Investigations & Review Commissioner is investigating the death in custody of a 32-year-old man at a police station in Edinburgh on 11 December 2018.

     

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  • 17 December 2018

    Police use of Taser during disturbance in Dundee was justified

    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.

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    • Taser
    • Firearms
  • 14 December 2018

    Police use of baton round found necessary and proportionate during axe incident

    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.

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    • Firearms
  • 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
  • 07 December 2018

    Commissioner investigating use of PAVA spray on man in Fraserburgh

    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.

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    • Fraserburgh
    • Use of PAVA spray
    • Police Scotland
  • 30 November 2018

    Commissioner investigating circumstances in road crash in Lanarkshire

    The Police Investigations and Review Commissioner is investigating the circumstances of a road crash on the A73 in Newmains, Lanarkshire on 22 November 2018.

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    • Lanarkshire
    • Police Scotland
  • 28 November 2018

    Police response to firearms incident report was proportionate

    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.

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    • Firearms
  • 23 November 2018

    Commissioner investigating use of PAVA on a man in Edinburgh

    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.

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    • Use of PAVA spray
    • Police Scotland
    • Edinburgh
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