Adam Salter was shot and killed in his Sydney home in November 2009 after police responded to a call that the 36-year-old was stabbing himself with a knife.
[1][2] The police actions on the day, and the Critical Incident Investigation which followed, were sharply criticised by Scott Mitchell, the NSW deputy state coroner, at the 2011 inquest.
[1][3] "The high-ranking homicide detective, [Detective Inspector Russell Oxford] who led the investigation into the 2009 police shooting of mentally ill man Adam Salter has admitted that a report he gave to senior police soon after the incident contained false information."
"[4] The Adam Salter shooting was the subject of an episode of the investigative journalism TV program Four Corners.
[5] In October 2014, four officers were charged for giving false evidence and have been ordered to stand trial on 26 April 2016.