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Australian police hold fire on charging officer who tasered 95-yr-old grandmother

An internal investigation was underway over an Australian police officer who tasered a 95-year-old grandmother, leaving her in a critical condition, and it was too early to say whether charges would be laid, New South Wales police chief said on Saturday.

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NSW top cop will not watch tasered grandma bodycam

NSW's police commissioner will not watch video of the tasering of a 95-year-old grandmother in a nursing home, as the elderly woman's condition worsens.

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‘Not above the law’: Police pledge rigorous review after 95yo’s tasering

Senior police concede seeing an officer taser a frail, 95-year-old grandmother using a walking frame is "confronting".

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Woman, 95, tasered by police not expected to survive

NSW Police have brought in the homicide squad amid fears the 95-year-old woman with dementia who was tasered by an officer will not survive.

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Grandmother, 95, fighting for life after being tasered

A 95-year-old woman with dementia was tasered after staff at her aged care home, fearing she was carrying a knife, called NSW Police.

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New $36k incentive to attract cops to outback towns

Getting police to head to and stay in outback towns is so difficult the NSW police force will start paying officers about $7000 a year, under a new scheme.

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Police bid to block Pell protest dropped, route changed

Organisers have agreed to change the route for a protest of George Pell's funeral so they don't enter the street outside the cathedral where he lies in state.

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Domestic violence operation sees 648 offenders arrested in NSW

The state's most "dangerous" domestic violence offenders — some of who were in hiding — have been tracked down and charged by police for breaching orders in place to protect victims.

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New portal for NSW victims to report rape

Rape victims choosing to make a police report online will no longer need to print a 14-page document and email it after a new portal was launched.

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Man drowns trying to rescue daughter

A second man has drowned in three days after trying to save his child caught in a rip in waters off the NSW coast.

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New South Wales police officer Sergeant Peter Stone remembered as 'selfless' hero after drowning while saving son

New South Wales Police Commissioner Karen Webb says Sergeant Peter Stone's death is a "tragic loss" to the force, his family and the community.

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Sharks force 'Home and Away' beach closure

At least 10 baby sharks spotted at Sydney's Palm Beach have forced its closure to swimmers who have been enjoying the run of good weather.

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NSW police watchdog reverses decision to clear Mick Fuller of wrongdoing over racehorse shares

A new NSW law enforcement watchdog report suggests police consider banning all officers from owning racehorses after it withdraws the finding that former commissioner Mick Fuller did not commit wrongdoing.

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Commissioner Karen Webb says police willing to cooperate with gay hate inquiry

A special commission of inquiry investigating dozens of unsolved cases in NSW that may have been LGBT hate attacks is read a statement from Police Commissioner Karen Webb.

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Top cop's olive branch to gay-hate inquiry

NSW Police says no offence was intended when the inquiry into historic gay-hate crimes was told significant police resources had been diverted to the probe.

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Disabled people claim they've been left isolated by day centre's permanent closure

Mothers of service users said they were heartbroken by the news of the closure of the local day centre

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NSW cop charged with drink-driving

An off-duty NSW probationary police constable who was involved in a car crash is facing the sack after being charged with high-range drink-driving.

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NSW Police watchdog reopens misconduct investigation into former commissioner Mick Fuller's racehorse ownership

The New South Wales law enforcement watchdog has reopened its investigation into former police commissioner Mick Fuller, after its own oversight body disputed findings clearing him of misconduct over undeclared racehorse shares.

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NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb defends force's gangland murder record

NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb says solving a murder is not as quick and easy as it appears on television, as the weekend's double murder of two women adds to a list of unsolved cases.

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Experts say Sydney's modern gangsters have become a lot less subtle

Some experts believe a difference between the underworld of yesteryear and modern gangsters is that they've become much less subtle. Instead of making enemies disappear, crooks are now happy to gun down rivals in front of their family and random bystanders.

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Sydney news: Three teenagers remain in hospital after stabbing

MORNING BRIEFING: NSW Police are appealing for information after three teenagers were stabbed in a "targeted attack" following a party in Sydney's inner city early on Sunday.

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Sydney news: Police investigate details surrounding Roseland shooting

MORNING BRIEFING: Police are searching for a firearm they suspect was used to injure a man at a Roselands unit block last night

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'It is imperative': NSW Police Association calls for models of affordable housing for officers

The New South Wales Police Association conference has heard many officers can no longer afford to live in the communities they serve due to the state's housing crisis.

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Police say they have 'dismantled' Alameddine crime network after arresting 18 people

Police say mobile phones allegedly used to sell drugs on Sydney streets are behind several gangland murders linked to warring crime families.

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