Police watchdog to investigate RCMP cell death in Kamsack, Sask.
It began when someone approached an RCMP member in Kamsack provincial court on June 3, saying that a family member wanted on outstanding arrest warrants wished to surrender, according to a SIRT news release. RCMP made the arrest over the noon hour that same day without use of force, the release said.
The 61-year-old was searched and placed in the detachment cells.
The man appeared by video in court on June 4 and then was remanded back into RCMP custody.
The man was found unresponsive in his cell at around 7 p.m. CST on June 5. Paramedics were called and the man was declared dead at 8:37 p.m., the release said.
It did not reveal the cause of death.
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