[bobman0330]

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I agree with this but she was in police custody and the first definition of 'custody' is care and guardianship meaning I think she should've been watched more closely esp. given her agitated state.

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Or she could have just calmed down, acted like a semi-reasonable adult, and not strangled herself. I don't think that every belligerent drunk is owed 24/7 police supervision when they're in a holding cell, on the off chance they might strangle themselves.

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We'll find out at the end of the lawsuit (if we live long enough). And if she were capable of just calming down she wouldn't have been arrested in the first place. I don't want to be critical of the police here because the woman bears the greater part of the responsibility but if I had to guess I'd say that there will be new procedures in place after this case is reviewed by the department.

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There should already be procedures to put prisoners who pose a danger to themselves under special observation.