You may be able to find out if someone is in Police custody by completing a custody query report.

What you need to provide

You’ll need to tell us:

You can request a review of a formal warning you may have been issued by completing this online report.

Providing as much information as possible helps us in processing your query.

Note: this form is only for formal warning reviews and excludes traffic warnings, verbal warnings and harassment notices.

For further advice go to our Formal warnings FAQs page.

If you, your friends or whānau have experienced abuse, violence, threats, or intimidation motivated by hostility or prejudice, it is extremely important that you report it.

You can report a hate crime or incident online to police or by calling 105.

If you, or someone you know, has been hurt or threatened please report it to Police.

We understand it can be difficult, your information could help us hold the offender to account and make sure you, and other people in a similar situation, are kept safe.

Is it an emergency?

If you suspect a breach of the Russia Sanctions Act 2022 you can report it to Police.

Information that helps us in processing your report includes:

If your incident doesn't fit into any of the listed categories, or you want to tell us about criminal or suspicious activity in your community, you can report this to Police.