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A young police officer’s tragic suicide just months into his career has sparked a damning coronial inquest, revealing systemic failures in mental health support, staff shortages, and isolation in remote NSW stations. Despite being praised as capable and welcomed by colleagues, evidence shows he was privately struggling — his girlfriend described mounting anxiety, while his mother insists work wasn’t the cause. The inquest uncovered troubling patterns: probationers assigned to understaffed posts without proper supervision, and a lack of early warning signs. Though NSW Police have since embedded mental health clinicians as part of his legacy, the full findings await later this year — a sobering reminder of the human cost behind the badge.

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