Death In Custody

• Man in Bedford, N.S. dies in police custody during service call

  A Halifax man died after he was taken into custody Friday night for what police described as a mental health episode. The provincial police watchdog is investigating.

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  Mar 1, 2025
  
• 31-year-old woman dies in holding cell after day-long hospital stay: police

  The Alberta police watchdog ASIRT is investigating the woman's death, which happened on Saturday while she was in a holding cell.

  Crime

  Sep 3, 2023
  
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• ‘Very traumatizing’: Myles Gray’s family unsure they’ll attend April inquest

  Myles Gray, 33, was unarmed when he died in a backyard on the Vancouver-Burnaby border in August 2015 following an altercation with Vancouver police officers.

  Crime

  Jan 20, 2023
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• Man dies after going into ‘medical distress’ in custody of New Brunswick RCMP

  New Brunswick RCMP say a man died after going into 'medical distress' while in custody earlier this month. The file is under review by Nova Scotia Serious Incident Response Team.

  Canada

  Nov 26, 2022
• Man dies in custody at Winnipeg Remand Centre

  Manitoba Justice said the death, which took place Friday, has been reported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

  Crime

  Nov 23, 2022
• Halifax proposes ‘sobering centre’ as alternative to lockup 6 years after man’s death

  City staff proposed the centre in a report that noted the June 15, 2016, death of Corey Rogers in the Halifax police lockup after he was arrested for public intoxication.

  Canada

  Nov 22, 2022
• Lawyers at Thunder Bay custody deaths inquest advise sobering centre, better training

  Both men died of medical conditions while in custody and the inquest has heard that they had chances of survival if they had been taken to hospital.

  Crime

  Nov 3, 2022
• Thunder Bay police chief tells custody deaths inquest that force lacked compassion

  Dan Taddeo is testifying at the joint coroner’s inquest into the 2014 death of Donald Mamakwa and the 2017 death of Roland McKay.

  Crime

  Nov 2, 2022
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• IIO called to Campbell River after man dies in RCMP custody

  A guard found the man unresponsive in the RCMP detachment's cells about 15 minutes after he had been brought in on a breach of probation, according to the IIO.

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  Jun 24, 2022
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• Inmate at Manitoba prison dies while in custody: Correctional Service Canada

  The government agency says James Flatfoot, who was an inmate at Stony Mountain Institution north of Winnipeg, died Sunday.

  Crime

  Jan 25, 2022