A coroner will consider whether senior police should play a more active role in the arrest of wanted criminals or merely receive “briefings” as the state examines what can be learnt from the 2017 Bourke Street tragedy.
Melinda Tan,whose husband Matthew Si was killed in the Bourke Street rampage,says people might be'better off protecting ourselves'than relying on police.
A confronting recording of the moment James Gargasoulas'girlfriend learnt of the Bourke Street rampage has been played to the victims'families at the inquest into the tragedy.
Only Victoria's elite Special Operations Group stood a chance of stopping James Gargasoulas once he drove into the CBD,the inquest into the Bourke Street rampage has heard.
One of Victoria's most senior police officers has admitted making potentially incorrect and damaging statements about a colleague who repeatedly tried to call in elite police to arrest James Gargasoulas hours before the Bourke Street massacre.
Police officers criticised in an explosive review into the Bourke Street tragedy have turned up to an inquiry to watch their lawyer grill the report's author over his findings.
Internal police report finds six people died and hundreds of lives were put at risk by a “poorly coordinated,unplanned response” to James Gargasoulas'escalating offending before the Bourke Street attack.
One of Victoria's most senior policemen has blamed rank and file officers for failing to stop the Bourke Street massacre,saying none showed an"interest"in tracking or arresting Gargasoulas in the hours before the attack.
Officer who tried to persuade James Gargasoulas to surrender believes the deluded driver decided to carry out his murderous rampage at the last moment.
Police sergeant says she was'totally justified'in stopping two pursuits of the Bourke Street driver hours before he killed pedestrians in heart of Melbourne.
South Melbourne Senior Constable Cody Mourad has told an inquest people were running around hysterically and waving for help after James Gargasoulas drove onto Bourke Street.