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Police acknowledges the Independent Police Conduct Authority’s findings that the shooting of a man on the grounds of Flaxmere Primary School in December last year was justified.?
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Police responded to reports of a man behaving in a threatening manner at the school on 17 December 2019.
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Attending officers upon arrival saw the man had a pistol tucked into the front of his clothing, and subsequently one officer went to retrieve firearms from the Police vehicle.
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A Police dog was deployed to apprehend the man, but before the dog got to him, the man pulled out what appeared to be a pistol and actioned it in order to chamber a round.?
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Officer A fired once at the man who was immediately incapacitated from the shot. He received serious but not life threatening injuries and has fully recovered.?
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A Taser was earlier deployed but was unsuccessful due to the distance of the officer from the man.
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The report notes that part of Officer A’s decision-making involved the threat to his colleagues' safety.
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“This incident is an example of the dynamic decision-making our officers are expected to make every day, in order to keep themselves and other people safe," Eastern District Commander Superintendent Tania Kura says.
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“This was an evolving situation where an agitated individual with a weapon posed a risk to not only our staff, but pupils and staff members of a primary school.”? ?
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The school was locked down for around an hour across the end of the school day until the situation was made safe.
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"I am pleased that my officers were able to exercise their good judgement and bring this matter to conclusion," Supt. Kura says.?
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The man is currently serving a period of 18 months imprisonment after pleading guilty to a charge of unlawfully carrying an imitation firearm.?
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Issued by Police Media Centre.?
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