MOLAYEE, Omid

Contributing factors

• Domestic violence incident and relationship breakdown
• Dousing self with accelerant (petrol)
• Self-immolation
• Mental health concerns including depression and anxiety
• Coercive and controlling behaviour
• Police presence and visibility during containment operations
• Rapid escalation of events preventing continued negotiation
• Ineffectiveness of less-lethal force options
• Command structure deficiencies in PSRT coordination

Coroner's recommendations

1. Include a serving or retired QPS officer with lived experience of a critical incident in which a person has died in any QPS Committee or working group tasked with the review of the Guidelines for Psychological First Aid, together with an external expert on the welfare of police officers
2. Training of police recruits and in-service officers on self-immolation should include basic fire-fighting skills and the use of fire extinguishers
3. More robust and continuous training of police recruits and in-service officers on tactical repositioning options with focus on preventing escalation, providing escape routes, and ensuring safety of those in attendance
4. More robust and continuous training of police recruits and in-service officers on incident management procedures
5. Review adequacy of current Online Learning Product on use of fire extinguishers and fire blankets for responding to self-immolation incidents
6. Consider whether fitting police vehicles with fire blankets and larger fire extinguishers in specialist unit vehicles would be feasible
7. PSRT to review adequacy of Standard Operating Procedures regarding initial interaction with on-ground commander upon arrival at an incident location
8. Establishment of working group to address officer welfare following critical incidents, including officers with lived experience of critical incidents