{"id":19719,"date":"2020-12-26T19:51:07","date_gmt":"2020-12-26T19:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=19719"},"modified":"2020-12-26T19:10:23","modified_gmt":"2020-12-26T19:10:23","slug":"ipoa-takes-action-after-police-injure-journalist-in-viral-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/ipoa-takes-action-after-police-injure-journalist-in-viral-video","title":{"rendered":"IPOA Takes Action After Police Injure Journalist in Viral Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\">Kenya<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Independent Police Oversight Authority has launched investigations into an incident where police officers were captured on camera assaulting a motorist before turning to KBC journalist Simon Ben.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement issued by IPOA on Saturday, December 26, the probe will establish whether the officers were culpable of not.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConsequently, IPOA on its own motion has this afternoon launched investigations into the assault and injury of the two people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the course of investigations, if culpability is found or further misconduct established, the authority will make appropriate recommendations against the police officers to the Director of Public Prosecutions, the National Police Service, the National Police Service Commission or any other state agency,\u201d the document read.<\/p>\n<p>The oversight body also issued a set of guidelines which should be followed by police officers in regards to the use of force.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA police officer shall always attempt to use non-violent means first. The force used shall be proportional to the objective to be achieved, the seriousness of the offence, and the resistance of the person against whom it is used,\u201d the guidelines stated.<\/p>\n<p>When the use of force results in injuries the police officers present are required to provide medical assistance immediately and unless there are good reasons, failing to do so is regarded as a criminal offence.<\/p>\n<p>A police officer who uses any form of force is supposed to immediately report to his or her superior.<\/p>\n<p>Any use of force that leads to death, serious injury and other grave consequences should be reported immediately to the Independent Police Oversight Authority.<\/p>\n<p>Officers are advised that following the orders of their superior is not an excuse for unlawful use of force.<\/p>\n<p>In the same breath, Police Inspector General Hillary Mutyambai has warned the public against assaulting officers in uniform.<\/p>\n<p>More than three journalists have been assaulted by police officers in just three days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. The Independent Police Oversight Authority has launched investigations into an incident where police officers were captured on camera assaulting a motorist before turning to KBC journalist Simon Ben. According to a statement issued by IPOA on Saturday, December 26, the probe will establish whether the officers were culpable of not. \u201cConsequently, IPOA [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":19717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,7,8,16],"tags":[6857,7003,544],"class_list":["post-19719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-kenya","tag-kenya"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>IPOA Takes Action After Police Injure Journalist in Viral Video - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Independent Police Oversight Authority has launched investigations into an incident where police officers were captu ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/ipoa-takes-action-after-police-injure-journalist-in-viral-video\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"IPOA Takes Action After Police Injure Journalist in Viral Video\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Independent Police Oversight Authority has launched investigations into an incident where police officers were captu ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/ipoa-takes-action-after-police-injure-journalist-in-viral-video\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"kenya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-12-26T19:51:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2020\/12\/img-5fe78a7f94881.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"350\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/ipoa-takes-action-after-police-injure-journalist-in-viral-video#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/ipoa-takes-action-after-police-injure-journalist-in-viral-video\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"IPOA Takes Action After Police Injure Journalist in Viral Video\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-12-26T19:51:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/ipoa-takes-action-after-police-injure-journalist-in-viral-video\"},\"wordCount\":322,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/ipoa-takes-action-after-police-injure-journalist-in-viral-video#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2020\/12\/img-5fe78a7f94881.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Kenya\",\"Kenya\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/ipoa-takes-action-after-police-injure-journalist-in-viral-video#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/ipoa-takes-action-after-police-injure-journalist-in-viral-video\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/ipoa-takes-action-after-police-injure-journalist-in-viral-video\",\"name\":\"IPOA Takes Action After Police Injure Journalist in Viral Video - 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