NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb said she viewed the initial media release,which was “not hiding anything” by omitting the mention of a stun gun being used on Clare Nowland.
The internal probe into how grandmother Clare Nowland was Tasered will join a long list of unfinished internal investigations by police.
After Roberto Curti’s death,guidelines on the use of Tasers were tightened. Experts and former police officers are baffled as to how a frail,elderly woman was Tasered.
Police rules for Tasers say they should not be used on the elderly or someone of particularly small body mass,unless exceptional circumstances exist.
The Tasering of a 95-year-old woman suffering from dementia in a southern NSW care facility has tragically once again cast attention on the appropriate use of force by NSW Police officers.
Assistant Commissioner Peter Cotter said the entire incident was captured on the officer’s body camera and will now form part of a police investigation.
NSW Police are investigating after officers allegedly Tasered a 95-year-old woman in the back and chest.
A big ticket item in the federal budget was the 15 per cent pay rise for 250,000 aged care workers,but it wasn’t all good news for the sector.
Monica Stockdale,70,was residing at the Baptistcare Bethel facility in Albany was she was strangled to death by Jacob Hoysted,20,in November.
From January 1,providers will have to show they are passing on the full rate in quarterly financial reports while their pay rates will be published by the government.
The government has revealed the bill for its promise to fund a wage rise for aged-care staff,which will see some workers’ pay packets increased by more than $10,000.