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Miklos Bolza

Police made 'mistakes' as Gordon Copeland drowned

Gomeroi man Gordon Copeland drowned while evading officers in northern NSW. (PR HANDOUT IMAGE PHOTO) (AAP)

Significant mistakes by police searching for a man who drowned while evading officers could be avoided with better training on Indigenous Australian history.

Gordon Copeland, 22, died in the early hours of July 10, 2021, presumed drowned after he fell or waded into the flooded Gwydir River in the northern NSW town of Moree.

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