Wednesday, May 27, 2015

14 deaths in police custody last ten years – NRK

The report summarizes lessons learned since the start of the unit for ten years ago.

The Bureau leader, Jan Egil Presthus, told Dagsavisen that it often is talk of poisoning, various forms of substance abuse and suicide.

– We believe the content of inspections should be improved. In these cases have not ascertained the prisoner situation, says Presthus.

In several of the 14 events with a fatal outcome has neither police or arrestforvarerne clearly distinguish between symptoms of poisoning and disease – and the effect of drug use .

In other cases that ended in death, is not supervision of detainees carried out in accordance with the regulations. No individuals have been convicted in connection with deaths in custody.

It is given a corporate penalty 18 times from 2006 to 2014. 11 of the cases the use of police cells.



Deaths in detention

Summary of deaths over the past decade, created by Dagsavisen:

  • 2005: College police, Arendal police (drug poisoning)
  • 2006: Police Immigration, Trandum boarding (suicide)
  • 2007: Midtre Hålogaland police, Narvik Police (methanol poisoning)
  • 2007: Asker and Bærum Police District (poor health)
  • 2008 : Southern Buskerud police district, Drammen police (drug poisoning)
  • 2009: College police, Kristiansand police (mixture poisoning)
  • 2010: Hedmark Police District, Hamar Police (suicide)
  • 2011: Hordaland Police District, Bergen Police (mixture poisoning)
  • 2011: Follo Police District, Ski Police (mixture poisoning)
  • 2013 Agder Police, Arendal police (mixture poisoning)
  • 2013: Nord-Trøndelag Police District (suicide)
  • 2013 Rogaland Police District, Stavanger police (stroke)
  • 2008: South Trøndelag Police, Trondheim prison (suicide)
  • 2013 Sør-Trøndelag Police, Trondheim prison (suicide)

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