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As was mentioned the other day, two men went on a killing spree on an Indian Reserve and nearby small town in Northern Saskatchewan Province in Canada. they killed 10 people and wounded 18 more
Turns out they were brothers, one of whom was on statutory release from prison after almost 60 criminal charges over a few years, including robbery, assault and attempted murder (the Parole Board is going to have to explain why he was released)
One brother was found dead of wounds on the Reserve the other day although it is unknown if he was killed by one of his victims or by his brother. The other got away and was believed to have been hiding a couple of hundred miles south in the City of Regina. After 4 days of searching, a Member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) saw him driving a stolen truck and forced him off the highway. The police then swarmed the area and arrested him
Now the interesting part. He died in custody a few hours later, possibly of self inflicted wounds, although nobody has said how he managed to do that.
I worked for the RCMP for 14 years including almost 5 years in the real property area, managing the capital construction program. One of our ongoing issues was that drunk Indians had a tendency to try to commit suicide in the cells (please forgive what might now be considered a racist term). There were a number of solutions including closed circuit TV and random but frequent viewings of the cells by the guards. Ultimately our policy group developed plans for what we considered a virtually hang-proof/ suicide-proof cell. They were about 9 feet high with smooth walls and no hanging points at all, including the door which was flat and on sliders and the bed which was made of concrete blocks. While I was with the Force, there was never a successful suicide in one of these cells. The working police told me that they viewed their job as keeping the drunks alive until they sobered up, at which time the impulse to suicide passed. I would note that every time someone did kill themselves it was viewed as a serious failure and I would have to read the official report. I think that I am still traumatized by reading some of them. All of which is to say, I am not sure how this jerk managed to kill himself although he was certainly no loss to society
As is common, there will be a review of the death by a different police force so perhaps we will find out what happened
Turns out they were brothers, one of whom was on statutory release from prison after almost 60 criminal charges over a few years, including robbery, assault and attempted murder (the Parole Board is going to have to explain why he was released)
One brother was found dead of wounds on the Reserve the other day although it is unknown if he was killed by one of his victims or by his brother. The other got away and was believed to have been hiding a couple of hundred miles south in the City of Regina. After 4 days of searching, a Member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) saw him driving a stolen truck and forced him off the highway. The police then swarmed the area and arrested him
Now the interesting part. He died in custody a few hours later, possibly of self inflicted wounds, although nobody has said how he managed to do that.
I worked for the RCMP for 14 years including almost 5 years in the real property area, managing the capital construction program. One of our ongoing issues was that drunk Indians had a tendency to try to commit suicide in the cells (please forgive what might now be considered a racist term). There were a number of solutions including closed circuit TV and random but frequent viewings of the cells by the guards. Ultimately our policy group developed plans for what we considered a virtually hang-proof/ suicide-proof cell. They were about 9 feet high with smooth walls and no hanging points at all, including the door which was flat and on sliders and the bed which was made of concrete blocks. While I was with the Force, there was never a successful suicide in one of these cells. The working police told me that they viewed their job as keeping the drunks alive until they sobered up, at which time the impulse to suicide passed. I would note that every time someone did kill themselves it was viewed as a serious failure and I would have to read the official report. I think that I am still traumatized by reading some of them. All of which is to say, I am not sure how this jerk managed to kill himself although he was certainly no loss to society
As is common, there will be a review of the death by a different police force so perhaps we will find out what happened
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