Thread: OUCH

Originally Posted by Cordite

Correct, police have not got a hard and fast legal responsibility for citizens' wellbeing, but they do have a definite duty of care to people in their custody. Has happened before, diabetic with hypo smells of ketones, throwing himself around as confused, arrested and "smells like alcohol", thrown in a cell to sober up, wakes up dead.

well I beg to differ -in the last 5 years both manu kaua nd chch central have deployed a team of forensically trained very experienced psychiatric nurses in their watch houses 24/7/365 and these guys often do admission assements with recommendations as to care whilst in custody or even in CHCH cases immediate transfer to hillmorton hospital.
Excuse me but i find this use of "waking up dead" offensive in this particular case.