Alberta's police watchdog has cleared the Calgary Police Service (CPS) of any wrongdoing in their dealings with a woman who overdosed while in police custody.
One of the officers then transported her to the Rockyview General Hospital for assessment.
Later, she requested to go to the washroom and was escorted to one. ASIRT says the officer gave her privacy, and then, after about three minutes, she exited and was walked back to her chair.Hospital staff administered a dose of NARCAN, but it failed to "reverse the effects of the suspected overdose."At this time, the washroom the woman had used was searched and a syringe and tourniquet were found in the garbage can.
She said even if officers had conducted a search of her they still would not have found the syringe – which contained a combination of heroin and fentanyl – and the tourniquet.ASIRT found the woman's decision to inject herself with a mixture of drugs was the sole reason for her medical issue while in the custody of the officer."However, even if the officers had conducted a pat-down search, it is doubtful that they would have found the items.
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