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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Sarah Collard

NSW police breached body-worn camera policies during shooting death of Indigenous man, coroner finds

Family and friends hold a photograph of Stanley Russell at the inquest into his death in Sydney, Australia
The coroner investigating the police shooting death of Stanley Russell says all four officers should have had body-worn cameras and had them turned on. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP

A coroner delivering findings into the police shooting death of Indigenous man Stanley Russell said officers seriously breached their own policies on body-worn cameras during the incident.

The New South Wales deputy state coroner Carmel Forbes also recommended policy changes on how police handle people with intellectual disabilities, and urged them to clarify rules on when officers need to wear body cameras.

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