Police watchdog, The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), named him as Jason Lennon as it launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the 37-year-old's death. Read more
Tony Timpa wailed and pleaded for help more than 30 times as Dallas police officers pinned his shoulders, knees and neck to the ground. “You’re gonna kill me! You’re gonna kill me! You’re go... Read more
An inquest jury has concluded that police restraint of a man from Coventry who died days after being arrested contributed to his death. Darren Cumberbatch died in hospital nine days after be... Read more
A watchdog has warned that delays holding inquiries into deaths in custody are having a “profound” impact on the families. HMICS) said only four out of 14 deaths in custody since 2013 had be... Read more
The family of an Aboriginal woman who died in custody in Perth last week say she was mistakenly arrested by police who did not check her identity before restraining her in her mother’s house... Read more
The police watchdog is investigating the information passed to officers before a father-of-two, Trevor Smith, was shot dead as armed police carried out a raid at his fourth floor flat in Lee... Read more
Scotland’s fatal accident investigation system must be overhauled, Fife councillors have demanded. Members said it was unacceptable that families were waiting up to eight years for fatal acc... Read more
A man has been shot dead by armed police in Birmingham. The victim, a man in his 50s, died at the scene on Wheeleys Lane near Five Ways. West Midlands Police said it was part of an intellige... Read more
