No mental health training, no warning, no plan: what led to the fatal police shooting of Jesse Deacon?

Three years after her son was shot during a mental health episode, 82-year-old Judy Deacon led the cross-examination in the coroner’s courtGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThree years ago, Judy Deacon’s son was fatally shot dead by police after he was reported to be self-harming. She has since become one of the state’s loudest voices for change in how police respond to mental health incidents.Over the past week, in the long-awaited coronial inquest, answers to lingering questions over decisions made in the lead-up to 43-year-old Jesse Deacon’s death started to crystallise as health workers, police, and the officer who fired the fatal shot, took the witness stand. Continue reading...