Police Shootings

The police sergeant shot dead in south London was a New Zealander.

A police officer who fatally shot a man in Porirua last year acted lawfully, the police watchdog has found.

A Hamilton man killed by police during a raid in July tried to blast an officer with a shotgun before police fired eight shots at him, a watchdog's report says.

Police have named the 44-year-old man shot dead by a police officer north of Wellington yesterday.

Chicago police showed racial bias and a "pattern" of excessive use of force, the US Justice Department has found.

The case of a white police officer accused of murdering a fleeing black motorist by shooting him dead has ended in a mistrial.

Police were justified in fatally shooting an unarmed man in Auckland's Myers Park but made mistakes that contributed to the confrontation, the police watchdog says.

Police are open to the use of body cameras but introducing them is not a simple matter, says the acting Police Commissioner. Audio

Police tasered and pepper-sprayed a man wielding a slasher in Rotorua before they shot and critically injured him. Video

A police raid that ended with officers fatally shooting a 36-year-old Hamilton man happened in a matter of minutes, a local business owner says. Video, Audio