NSW court orders police to provide "less lethal" tactics manual access to LECC after bean-bag gun death.
A New South Wales (NSW) court has ruled that the NSW Police Force must provide the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) access to their "less lethal" tactics manual, following a standoff in which a woman died after being shot with a bean-bag gun. The court rejected the police's argument that the manual contained sensitive information not relevant to the watchdog's probe, asserting that independent oversight and real-time monitoring take precedence.
June 19, 2024
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