NSW police breached body-worn camera policies during shooting death of Indigenous man, coroner finds

Inquest into death of Gomeroi man Stanley Russell urges changes to how officers handle people with an intellectual disability

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A coroner delivering findings into the police shooting death of Indigenous man Stanley Russell said officers seriously breached their own policies on body-worn cameras during the incident.

The New South Wales deputy state coroner Carmel Forbes also recommended policy changes on how police handle people with intellectual disabilities, and urged them to clarify rules on when officers need to wear body cameras.

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