Investigation
Death in Custody Following Impaired Driving Arrest
Date Published: 2018-03-14
Province: Nova Scotia
Police Agency: RCMP Pictou
Summary
On December 17, 2017, the on- call SiRT investigator was contacted by Pictou Detachment of the RCMP in relation to a death following a motor vehicle collision in River John, Nova Scotia. The collision occurred in the early evening hours of December 16, 2017. The reason for the involvement of SiRT was due to the fact that the male driver of one of the vehicles involved in the collision had just been arrested and placed in custody for impaired driving when he went into medical distress and subsequently died. The SiRT investigation was completed on January 30, 2018. As a result of the SiRT investigation, statements were taken from two EHS paramedics and three members of the River John Volunteer Fire Department. Notes and reports from two witness RCMP officers were reviewed, as well as the notes and report of the subject officer. The subject officer in this instance had the only real contact with the deceased/affected person (AP) by placing handcuffs on him in the back of the ambula…