The Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) has found a police officer who hit a tagger in Auckland's inner-city used excessive force.
Just after midnight on June 21, 2020, police stopped a man spray-painting on a wall in Hopetoun Street.
When officers stopped to speak to the man, he ran off but was quickly caught.
In its report, the IPCA said it was reasonable for police to apprehend him and bring him to the ground to make an arrest.