16 Dec 2021

Partner of man who died in custody urges better police training

From Checkpoint, 6:16 pm on 16 December 2021

Australian-born farm worker Allen Ball died on a holding cell floor after consuming a mix of pharmaceutical drugs and spirits. Police assumed he was a drunk and sleeping it off. Now, an Independent Police Conduct Authority report has found he could still be alive had they provided him medical care. Our Taranaki Whanganui reporter Robin Martin has more.