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Police officer who tasered 95-year-old grandmother faces assault charges

The New South Wales police officer who tasered an elderly grandmother and left her fighting for her life is now facing charges of assault.

The New Daily · May 24, 2023

Charges laid against police officer accused of tasering 95-year-old Clare Nowland

A police officer who is accused of discharging a taser on a 95-year-old woman at a Cooma aged care centre is charged over the incident.

ABC News · May 24, 2023

Brickbat: Watch Out, She's Got a Knife

Clare Nowland, 95, is in a New South Wales, Australia, hospital after Tasered by a senior constable. Nowland, who has dementia, is a nursing home resident. The constable had been called to that nursing home because Nowland had a knife. "At the time she was Tasered she was approaching police.…

Reason · May 24, 2023

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Why doesn't Australia have greater transparency around Taser use by police?

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.

The Conversation · May 24, 2023

Review needed of police deployment to aged care after 95-year-old woman Tasered, says age discrimination commissioner

Dr Kay Patterson questions whether mental health team would be more appropriate while David Shoebridge says police tools are ‘wrong resource’

The Guardian - AU · May 24, 2023

Tasered aged-care video could be released after Liberal push

Confronting footage of a frail great-grandmother being tasered by police could soon be made public after a push by the NSW opposition.

The New Daily · May 24, 2023

Tasered grandma case being politicised: NSW treasurer

The NSW opposition has called for footage of a grandmother being tasered to be publicly released, as the government says the issue is being politicised.

AAP · May 24, 2023

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Police officer who Tasered 95-year-old woman at Australian care home suspended

A police officer who tasered a 95-year-old woman at a care home in Australia has been suspended from duty.

Evening Standard · May 23, 2023

Police officer who tasered 95-year-old in care home suspended

Great-grandmother Clare Nowland is on end of life care in hospital after sustaining critical injuries in the incident

The Independent UK · May 23, 2023

Police officer who tasered 95-year-old Clare Nowland in care home suspended

Great-grandmother Clare Nowland is on end of life care in hospital after sustaining critical injuries in the incident

The Independent UK · May 23, 2023

Death threats for staff at home where 95yo patient was tasered

The fallout from the distressing incident at a NSW aged-care home, after a 95-year-old dementia patient was tasered, has taken an ugly turn.

The New Daily · May 23, 2023

GOOD: The NSW Cop Who Allegedly Tasered A 95Y.O. Great-Grandmother Has Been Charged

He's still suspended *with* pay.

Pedestrian.tv · May 23, 2023

NSW police officer who Tasered 95-year-old dementia patient suspended from duty with pay

Claire Nowland continues to receive end-of-life care at Cooma district hospital, as calls for a broader independent investigation grow

The Guardian - AU · May 23, 2023

Aged care worker receives death threat in Taser fallout

The 33-year-old NSW senior constable who tasered a great-grandmother has been suspended and a worker at the aged care facility has received a death threat.

AAP · May 23, 2023

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The New Daily · May 23, 2023

Officer who tasered 95yo woman suspended from duty

The NSW senior police constable who tasered a 95-year-old great-grandmother in her nursing home has been suspended from duty with pay.

ABC News · May 23, 2023

Senior constable suspended with pay after tasering 95yo great-grandmother in NSW Snowy Mountains

Clare Nowland fell and fractured her skull last week after she was tasered by the senior constable who had been called to her aged-care home in Cooma, because she was carrying a knife.

Daily Mirror · May 22, 2023

Police chief shares reason she won’t watch video of gran, 95, being tasered in care home

The initial statement released by police failed to mention tasering and only revealed there had been an "interaction" between the great-grandmother Clare Nowland and officers in Australia

ABC News · May 22, 2023

NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb defends not watching body-cam footage of 95yo being tasered

NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb says it "takes courage" not to view the body-cam footage of an elderly woman being tasered, and that she wants "a complete picture" of the incident before she looks at it, as the woman's family asks media for privacy.

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The Guardian - AU · May 22, 2023

Clare Nowland: aged care resident Tasered by police remains in ‘heavy sleep’ amid end-of-life care

Woman, 95, is surrounded by family and still in critical condition as calls grow for broader investigation of police treatment of dementia sufferers

The New Daily · May 21, 2023

Priest gives sad update about tasered great-grandmother

A mass has been held by the bedside of 95-year-old Clare Nowland, who was tasered by a police officer, as she receives end-of-life care.

ABC News · May 21, 2023

Family of elderly woman handcuffed by police at Sydney nursing home wants more accountability

The daughter of a woman with dementia who was handcuffed in a Sydney aged care home is demanding more accountability from police over instances of force being used against residents.

The Independent UK · May 21, 2023

Six NSW police officers used two sets of handcuffs on a distressed 81-year-old dementia patient

Daughter of the woman says ‘police have learned nothing’

The Guardian - AU · May 20, 2023

NSW police footage shows officers used two sets of handcuffs on 81-year-old woman with dementia

Exclusive: footage from body-worn camera shows police restraining confused dementia patient Rachel Grahame in 2020

ABC News · May 20, 2023

Police officers being called to aged care homes is 'standard protocol', industry expert says

The family of 95-year-old taser victim, Clare Nowland, maintain a bedside vigil as questions are raised about why NSW Police police were called to her nursing home.

The New Daily · May 20, 2023

NSW top cop can’t bring herself to watch footage of granny being tasered

As her condition deteriorates, NSW's top cop won't watch video of a 95-year-old grandmother being tasered in a nursing home

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