40 results for “police restraint procedures”
Male·David Gurralpa: sudden heart attack (coronary atherosclerosis with long-standing…
Two deaths resulted from police restraint in prone positions. David Gurralpa, a 39-year-old Aboriginal man with pre-existing coronary arte…
24y · Male·Combination of factors including methylamphetamine toxicity, physical exertion, …
Pat Morena, a 24-year-old drug dealer under police surveillance, died during restraint in the prone position after being apprehended on suspicion of drug off…
37y · Male·Combination of methylamphetamine toxicity and restraint leading to physiological…
… erratic, agitated behaviour consistent with methylamphetamine intoxication and possibly excited delirium. Police were requested but the on-call officer declined to attend, leaving staff to physically remove him. He was …
21y · Male·undetermined causes, in the course of being restrained by members of the NSW Pol…
Roberto Laudisio Curti, a 21-year-old Brazilian, died on 18 March 2012 during police restraint in Sydney after consuming LSD which induced a psychotic state. After a convenience store inciden…
8y · Male·Drowning as the result of a motor vehicle accident
…e truck driver failed to check the load during a long journey from Darwin. Systemic deficiencies in load restraint training and procedures existed at both Hastings Deering and Shaw's Transport. Clinical and operational …
27y · Male·Cardiac arrest due to cardiac arrhythmia triggered by prone restraint (some of w…
Michael Peachey, a 27-year-old First Nations man, died in custody following a police-initiated restraint during an acute psychotic episode. Over preceding days, his family repeatedly sought m…
56y · Male·Multiple injuries
…er, was fatally struck by a semi-trailer while attempting to secure an improperly restrained load during a police traffic stop on Vardys Road, Kings Park on 5 January 2017. Senior Constable Heron appropriately stopped th…
38y · Male·Multiorgan failure following out of hospital cardiac arrest in a man with methyl…
…om multiorgan failure following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest after being restrained in prone position by police. He had injected methylamphetamine and developed excited delirium, becoming violently agitated. Police res…
39y · Male·Cardiac arrest in a person with pre-existing severe ischaemic heart disease who …
A 39-year-old First Nations man with severe ischaemic heart disease died following police restraint and ambulance care during an emergency examination authority detention. He had sniffed petrol an…
38y · Male·ischaemic heart disease
…paranoid schizophrenia and undiagnosed 75% left anterior descending coronary artery narrowing, died during police restraint. He had absconded from mental health detention at Noarlunga Health Service after being detained …
48y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease complicating restraint of an acutely agitated male
Daniel Richards, 48, died from ischaemic heart disease precipitated by restraint during a mental health assessment at home. He had underlying significant coronary artery disease with le…
26y · Female·Pulmonary embolism as a consequence of dislodged deep vein thrombosis
…lth expertise and resources to manage her complexity; no multi-agency coordination existed between health, police and corrections. Repeated restraint episodes across multiple agencies during late June likely contributed …
46y · Male·Methylamphetamine toxicity and coronary atherosclerosis
A 46-year-old man died in police custody following a domestic violence order breach arrest in Rockhampton, Queensland. The death resulted f…
43y · Female·unknown
…th 24-hour care assistance. Hospital staff sought a guardianship order to legally authorize her care and restraint, but the Adult Guardianship Board application process was slow. On 16 May 2002, after becoming agitated …
29y · Male·cardiac arrhythmia triggered by myocardial ischaemia arising from physical exert…
…, a 29-year-old Aboriginal man, died from cardiac arrhythmia triggered by myocardial ischaemia following a police struggle at his home. He had undiagnosed severe coronary artery disease (75-90% narrowing), morbid obesity…
13y · Female·Multiple injuries due to motor vehicle accident
…TSD, reactive attachment disorder and ADHD. The coroner found the youth workers acted appropriately and no police pursuit occurred. Key systemic issues included insufficient therapeutic residential care options, fragment…
29y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy and multi-organ failure due to out of hospital …
…cking four correctional officers, Mr Morrison was restrained using handcuffs, plastic flexi-cuffs as leg restraints, and a spit mask. He was then carried (not walked) to a van without body supports and transported to G …
39y · Male·Excited delirium, probably caused by amphetamine toxicity-induced psychosis. Dea…
Antonio Carmelo Galeano died in police custody on 12 June 2009 after a protracted struggle and multiple taser activations. He had acute amphetami…
30y · Male·Malignant ventricular arrhythmia without myocardial infarction, precipitated by …
…ar-old with schizophrenia and coronary artery disease, died from malignant ventricular arrhythmia during a police encounter after absconding from hospital. Contributing factors included positional asphyxia, exertion, tas…
30y · Male·unascertained
…ied from unascertained causes on 13 March 2008 during an acute psychotic episode while being restrained by police. He had recently moved from Queensland showing signs of paranoid schizophrenia with self-inflicted lacerat…
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