Death in custody

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Sudden death in custody ( positional asphyxia syndrome ) is when a person dies in police custody as a result of positional asphyxiation .

Since in the case of detention, it must be carefully weighed whether this is necessary or not, after a death in detention the public prosecutor's office basically determines, because of the constitutionally regulated right to freedom, why the detention took place.

It is then necessary to check how the prisoner died (violence, alcohol, diseases of the cardiovascular system).

Death in custody is known when the prisoner is tied up in the prone position. Despite the training of rescue workers and police officers, custody often leads to death in custody as a result of being tied in the prone position.

In Germany, police officers are specially trained to prevent such deaths from arrests. In a basic article in the specialist journal Polizeitrainer Magazin , Professor Ingo Pedal from Heidelberg formulated “Recommendations for preventing sudden death in custody”. Pedal draws up the following guidelines for the procedure in the event of police restrictions on freedom (arrests / arrests / detention according to police law):

  1. Police restraint, cautious action is indicated
  2. A team of two officers is always overwhelmed with the situation
  3. Any excess of fixation must be avoided
  4. Any sudden cessation of resistance is a warning sign
  5. The vital functions are to be observed continuously
  6. Prone restraint is not permitted

It is also known from the literature that arrests and the overpowering of people by the police can lead to fatalities again and again if the physically and physically very excited people are held prone with arms tied behind their backs. This death is known in police and medical circles under the title positional asphyxia syndrome or sudden death in custody . That is why people are moved into another body position as quickly as possible when they are taken into custody. For example, they are placed on the floor or turned on their side to take the pressure off the chest.

According to Amnesty International , prone restraint is a torture method . In the United States, tethering on your stomach has been banned for 20 years. The bondage is painful, obstructs breathing and is equivalent to torture.

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