The use of a taser to subdue a 95-year-old dementia patient at an aged-care home in Cooma, New South Wales, last week is yet another sickening example of what can go wrong when police rely too heavily on force to resolve challenging situations.
Although the senior constable who used the taser on Clare Nowland has now been suspended from duty and charged, calls are growing for an independent investigation into the incident as well as police treatment of people with dementia.
