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‘Less lethal’ deaths: courts examine role of controversial police weapons before three Australians died

Exclusive: Police forces argue bean-bag and foam baton rounds are less harmful than firearms but the projectiles have been linked to deaths around the world

The Guardian - AU · Mar 1

Mother of NSW police shooting victim demands mental health reforms a year after son’s death

Judy Deacon will lead a Sydney rally to press her case that police no longer be sent as first responders in mental health emergencies

The Guardian - AU · Jul 19, 2024

Stockton bean bag gun death: police must hand documents over to watchdog

Court orders 'less lethal' tactics be produced in investigation.

Newcastle Herald · Jun 20, 2024

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Police forced to hand 'less lethal' tactics to watchdog

A court has ordered NSW Police to hand over a manual on "less lethal" tactics as a watchdog oversees the investigation into a woman's death.

AAP · Jun 19, 2024

NSW police fight to keep key documents from watchdog regarding death of woman shot with bean bag round

Watchdog wants access to manual on use of ‘less-lethal’ force and personnel logs as part of investigation into Krista Kach’s fatal wounding

The Guardian - AU · May 10, 2024

Police resist handing 'less lethal' tactics to watchdog

NSW police at odds with the law enforcement watchdog over 'less lethal' tactics.

Newcastle Herald · May 9, 2024

Police in legal bid to keep 'less lethal' tactics quiet

NSW police told the Supreme Court handing over guidelines on "less lethal" tactics to the state's law enforcement watchdog may not be in the public interest.

AAP · May 9, 2024

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Break pattern of mental health police killings: coroner

Police killings of people with mental health needs can no longer be addressed individually when a pattern of deaths has become so clear, a coroner has found.

AAP · Apr 4, 2024

Police chief questions mental health call-outs after 'bean bag' death

No police have been charged over Krista Kach's death at Stockton.

Newcastle Herald · Nov 8, 2023

Scrutiny over NSW police handling of people in crisis

A program aimed at de-escalating police incidents involving people in mental crisis needs reform, the NSW mental health minister concedes.

AAP · Nov 1, 2023

Family of Sydney man shot dead during psychotic episode demand police retract claim he was ‘known’ to them

Call by family of Steve Pampalian comes as Greens accuse police of curating the narrative around other people fatally Tasered or shot

The Guardian - AU · Oct 28, 2023

NSW police must speak with mental health experts rather than shoot our loved ones, stepfather says

Exclusive: New figures show on average 10 people in mental health distress die each year during interactions with state police

The Guardian - AU · Oct 24, 2023

‘If they don’t comply, they die’: families demand royal commission after fatal NSW police shootings

Exclusive: Premier says an inquiry into use of force against vulnerable people isn’t necessary, despite four fatalities in as many monthss

The Guardian - AU · Oct 9, 2023

NSW police plan for automatic activation of body-worn cameras delayed indefinitely

Exclusive: Force received $100m funding more than a year ago for equipment that automatically activates cameras when officers draw Tasers or guns

The Guardian - AU · Sep 21, 2023

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The Guardian - AU · Sep 20, 2023

NSW police could ditch mental health response program lauded as ‘so successful’ by minister

Exclusive: Force considering alternatives to Pacer program that has seen 48% reduction in people detained by police under Mental Health Act

The Guardian - AU · Sep 20, 2023

Another tragic death shows police should not be first responders in mental health crises

Dealing with a person in the midst of a difficult mental health episode is a job that requires medical expertise

The Guardian - AU · Sep 19, 2023

‘He was on the way up’: mother of NSW police shooting victim demands mental health reform

‘It’s not my fight, it is everyone’s fight and everyone has to work together so this doesn’t happen again’, says Judy Deacon

The Guardian - AU · Sep 19, 2023

Bean bag rounds are meant to be non-lethal. So how did one kill a woman?

Krista Kach, 47, died last week after the ‘supersoft’ shotgun round penetrated her body and hit her heart, police say

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The Guardian - AU · Sep 19, 2023

Afternoon Update: Australia’s bushfire risk rises; China’s defence minister missing; and how to get kids cooking

Extreme fire risks and heatwave warnings as the Bureau of Meteorology confirms El Niño has arrived

AAP · Sep 19, 2023

'Less than lethal' bean-bag round killed woman: police

NSW Police will suspend the use of bean-bag rounds after a woman shot during an attempted arrest died after the contents of the round entered her heart.

Newcastle Herald · Sep 19, 2023

Bean bag round killed Stockton woman after it 'struck her heart': police

NSW Police will suspend the use of bean bag rounds after the death.

The Guardian - AU · Sep 19, 2023

Woman in NSW siege died after bean bag round penetrated chest and hit heart, police say

Acting commissioner says use of bean bag rounds suspended in state after Krista Kach was Tasered and shot by officers in Newcastle last week

The Guardian - AU · Sep 18, 2023

Family of woman who died after being Tasered say NSW police had assured them she’d be cared for

In footage of the incident seen by Guardian Australia, Kach says ‘these people are threatening my safety’, in apparent reference to police

AAP · Sep 18, 2023

Tasered woman's family slam 'disturbing' police actions

NSW Police are under fire after the family of a woman who was tasered and died in hospital described officers' actions as heartbreaking and disturbing.

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