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A 15-year-old teen is recovering from a fractured elbow after being tackled by Melbourne police officers during a high-stakes chase for a missing child — a botched pursuit that left the teen’s mother demanding accountability and systemic reform. Body camera footage shows officers shouting commands and taking the teen to the ground despite his compliance, even though they’d just spoken to the teen and the missing child’s mother minutes earlier. The teen’s attorney argues the officers should’ve realized their mistake sooner — the missing child was described as much smaller than the teen they apprehended. The police say they saw a teen running, pursued him, and realized he wasn’t the missing child — but another juvenile who’d also fled. An internal investigation is underway, and the family’s legal team is seeking all evidence via FOI. The mother, heartbroken over her son’s injury and trauma, hopes this incident sparks a complete overhaul of police training.

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