Photo: ODT filesPolice did not communicate effectively with a man found sleeping outside a Christchurch preschool who led them on a pursuit and rammed a patrol car twice. Police offers were justified in initiating the pursuit in Christchurch but did not communicate effectively, the Independent Police Conduct Authority has found. In December 2018, police received a call about a man who was acting suspiciously in a van in outside a pre-school in Woolston, Christchurch. When the man drove off, officers signalled him to stop but he rammed their police vehicle twice. The pursuit controller and the officers should have communicated more effectively during the pursuit, the IPCA said in its decision.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 12, 2020 22:30 UTC