Reconciliation and Social Justice Library

ROYAL COMMISSION INTO ABORIGINAL DEATHS IN CUSTODY

REPORT OF THE INQUIRY INTO THE DEATH OF

ARTHUR MOFFATT

• ARTHUR MOFFATT
  • INTRODUCTION AND SYNOPSIS
    • A DEATH THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE OCCURRED
    • LAKE TYERS
    • EARLY LIFE
    • PUNISHMENT OF DRUNKENNESS
    • ARTHUR MOFFATT'S HEALTH
    • EVENTS LEADING UP TO LAST ARREST
    • POLICE INSTRUCTIONS
    • POLICE INVESTIGATION
    • AUTOPSY AND CORONIAL INQUIRY
    • FINDINGS
    • RECOMMENDATIONS
  • THE LIFE AND DEATH OF ARTHUR MOFFATT
    • THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND 1
    • LAKE TYERS
    • LIFE OFF THE RESERVES
    • FAMILY BACKGROUND
    • EARLY LIFE
    • MANUFACTURING A CRIMINAL RECORD
    • LIFE AS AN INVALID PENSIONER
    • COLLAPSES FROM HYPOGLYCAEMIA
    • POLICE MANUAL AND STANDING ORDERS
    • EVENTS OF 10 JUNE 1987
    • EVENTS LEADING UP TO ARREST ON 11 JUNE 1987
    • EVENTS AT WARRAGUL RAILWAY STATION
    • DECISION TO CALL AMBULANCE OFFICERS
    • ATTENDANCE BY AMBULANCE OFFICERS
    • CARE WHILE IN CUSTODY
    • THE FINDING OF ARTHUR MOFFATT'S BODY
    • ACTION AFTER DISCOVERY OF BODY
    • ROLE OF INTERNAL INVESTIGATIONS DEPARTMENT
    • SERGEANT DILLON'S REPORTS
    • THE POLICE INVESTIGATION
    • AUTOPSY
    • CAUSE OF DEATH
    • PREPARATION FOR INQUEST
    • DELAY AND WITHHOLDING OF INFORMATION
    • THE INQUEST
    • ACTION AGAINST OFFICERS
    • FINDINGS
    • RECOMMENDATION
  • UNDERLYING ISSUES
    • PURPOSE OF THIS PART
    • POLICE MANUAL AND STANDING ORDERS
    • POLICE CULTURE
    • NEED FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION
    • USE OF AMBULANCE TO CHECK PRISONERS
    • VULNERABILITY OF ABORIGINALS
    • QUESTIONING OF PRISONERS
    • MEDICAL IDENTIFICATION
    • RESUSCITATION
    • DECRIMINALISATION OF DRUNKENNESS
    • COMMUNICATION BY PRISONERS
    • POLICE PROCEDURE AND TRAINING
    • OPENNESS AND FRANKNESS
    • CORONIAL INQUIRY
    • COUNSEL ASSISTING
    • RACISM
    • SCHEDULE 1: LIST OF WITNESSES CALLED
    • SCHEDULE 2: LIST OF STATEMENTS/REPORTS TENDERED
    • SCHEDULE 3: LIST OF EXHIBITS
    • GENERAL EXHIBITS