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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Jordyn Beazley and Catie McLeod

Coroner says NSW police should force tactical officers to wear body cameras after man shot and killed

Todd McKenzie’s family and their legal team at the Lidcombe coroners court
Todd McKenzie’s family and their legal team at the Lidcombe coroners court. Photograph: Flavio Brancaleone/AAP

New South Wales police must catch up to other states and require its tactical officers to wear body-worn cameras, an inquest has recommended after examining the circumstances surrounding the death of a man who was shot by police three times.

Todd McKenzie, 40, who lived with schizophrenia, was shot by tactical police in his Taree home in 2019 after a nine-hour siege following reports he was on the street yelling and holding a knife.

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