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

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A year ago to the day, Judy Deacon got a call to head to the police station.

The 80-year-old expected the issue to be that her son, Jesse, had been hospitalised again. But on her way there, she got a phone call from Jesse’s father. He was crying, and as soon as she heard the tears, she knew her son had died, she said.

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