Australian Police are investigating the actions this Friday Police shocking 95-year-old womanin a nursing home carrying a knife and in “critical condition”. “None of us, none of us are above the law. All our actions will be scrutinized,” Peter Cotter, deputy police commissioner for the New South Wales region, said at a press conference in Sydney today.
The incident occurred Wednesday as Police went to the Yallambee nursing home in the town of Cooma, about 430 kilometers southwest of Sydney, in response to an emergency call. A patient with dementia was “armed” with a knife Cotter said there was meat in one of the residence’s rooms.
The old woman, identified as Clare Nowland, he refused to drop the knife and approached “slowly” with his walker officers, one of the officers fired his taser to suppress him. The electric shock caused the grandmother, who was about 43 kilograms and 1.57 centimeters tall, to fall and hit her head on the ground.
The police command, which stated that the condition of the woman who was taken to the hospital was “critical”, added that the old woman regained consciousness from time to time.
Cotter said homicide squad members were involved in inquiries into the police officer’s response, with twelve years’ experience, to determine whether he had any responsibility in this incident.
The attitude of the police once again attracted attention. controversial use stun gun by the Australian policequestioned by organizations that guarantee rights, such as Amnesty International. In 2012, Brazilian student Roberto Curti died in Sydney after receiving 14 electric shocks by Police in an incident where a country court found four police officers guilty of using excessive force in 2014, resulting in the death of one person. Curti, who had a psychotic episode after taking a psychotropic substance.