Todd McKenzie’s death prompts calls from deputy coroner for summit into police responses to mental health incidents
police operation that resulted in a man being shot dead by the force while suffering psychosis was significantly “flawed”, an inquest has found.
Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup McKenzie’s stepfather, Neil Wilkins, told reporters outside the coroner’s court that “no family shouldn’t have to go through what we’ve been through”. The flaws included the police “inappropriate” communication with Mckenzie, she said. The inquest revealed a general duty police officer had taunted Mckenzie, who lived with schizophrenia, during his mental health crisis.
“Once tactical police broke the window and rammed the door of Todd’s home, disaster of some kind in my view was almost ensured,” Grahame said of the “breach and hold tactic”, which saw McKenzie run at police with a knife.
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