Exclusive: Comments come after Police Association boss claims the coroner does not hold the health system to as high a standard as officers
police union’s claim that the force is being unfairly targeted by coronial inquiries has been rubbished by a former state coroner who says officers will always need to undergo “rigorous cross-examination” at inquests.
Morton wrote that the inquiry “heavily weighted in appeasing the family of the deceased and took no account into the welfare of those involved officers who are now damaged by the experience”. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup “We are appalled by the suggestion that seeking accountability of officers after the death of Aboriginal people in police incidents is anything but appropriate,” Warner said.
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