Disabled residents left shaken after police drug raid on NDIS home
WA Police have defended a raid of a home for people with disabilities in Belmont, saying it was part of a drug search warrant.
Two support workers were restrained and three women with psychosocial disabilities were also in the home.
Ilora Group owner Tyler Burness, the company which runs the home, is calling for compensation and acknowledgement from police that a mistake was made.
It's Thursday afternoon in a quiet, suburban home in Perth's eastern suburbs.
Three women are inside, all with some form of psychosocial disability, alongside two support workers.
Cameras throughout the home capture eight police officers, including two from the Tactical Response Group, smashing down the front door and running inside.
Uddey, who has asked for his last name not to be used, was one of the support workers inside.
"We heard the sound of the boots and shouting noises … there were seven or eight cops … they were armed as well," Uddey said.
"They just came up to us, pointed the gun into our face and told us to put our hands up."
Uddey and the other support worker were handcuffed and told to lay on the ground.
"They told us you're under arrest. And I was like, 'what's going on?'" Uddey said.
"I was just telling them [the police] that there are still the residents in the house, in the room, and it's a SIL [supported independent living house].
Police searched every room in the house, despite it being an NDIS-supported home for vulnerable women with disabilities.
The configuration of the Belmont property is unusual, comprising two separate homes at the one address, both owned by the same person, one of which is the NDIS home.
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