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Using body-worn cameras by specialist police is being reviewed after an Aboriginal man was shot useless in far north Queensland.
Aubrey Donahue died after being shot 4 occasions by police who alleged he superior on officers whereas armed with a knife in Mareeba, west of Carins, on Saturday.
The 27-year-old’s household and the native Indigenous neighborhood dispute that he’d been armed, and on Monday held a protest within the city over the lack of expertise being shared by the police.
Coroner Terry Ryan will maintain an inquest into the taking pictures, however police have revealed there isn’t any close-range footage of the incident.
Deputy Commissioner Mark Wheeler says the specialist police didn’t have body-worn cameras fitted after they shot Mr Donahue.
“So specialist places of work for practicality causes usually do not, different officers on the scene have been sporting body-worn cameras and we’ve got secured that imaginative and prescient after all,” he instructed reporters on Thursday.
“However by way of the specialist police we’re reviewing these preparations now.”
Mr Wheeler stated whereas the coroner’s report would probably make findings about the usage of body-worn cameras by specialist police, the service might and would act preemptively “in mild of latest occasions”.
“When we’ve got an incident, a severe incident or police associated incident, we overview it instantly and we will make adjustments previous to any coronial inquest discovering, and naturally, we are going to all the time work with the coroner and abide by any findings that come out with any coronial inquest however we do not essentially have to attend till that occurs,” he stated.
– AAP
