Civil liberties campaigner says if Australian SAS soldiers can wear body cameras, so should tactical police
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Civil liberties campaigner Terry O’Gorman says it is a “farce and an absurdity” that tactical police who shot Aboriginal man Aubrey Donahue were not wearing body cameras, and has called for immediate changes to Queensland police policy.
In a statement, O’Gorman, who is the vice president of the Queensland Council for Civil Liberties, also called for enforceable consequences for police union officials making presumptive comments in the aftermath of police-involved incidents.
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