Coroner urges NSW police to make body cameras compulsory for tactical officers after man fatally shot during siege

Inquest into death of Todd McKenzie in Taree siege finds benefits of mandating the devices ‘far outweigh any difficulties’

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New South Wales police must catch up to other states and require its tactical officers to wear body-worn cameras, an inquest has recommended after examining the circumstances surrounding the death of a man who was shot by police three times.

Todd McKenzie, 40, who lived with schizophrenia, was shot by tactical police in his Taree home in 2019 after a nine-hour siege following reports he was on the street yelling and holding a knife.

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