Deaths in police custody lowest since 2004-05 in England and Wales – watchdog Tags:United Kingdom 2 comments Good to hear it’s a small number. Seems like we’re doing okay I don’t think it’s physically possible to have zero deaths in police custody seeing as custody, by its very nature, often houses substance abusers and those in hyper-agitated states. For anyone interested, policeconduct.gov.uk writes [a summary of all deaths in police custody](https://policeconduct.gov.uk/deaths-during-or-following-police-contact-statistics-england-and-wales-2020-21#deaths-in-or-following-police-custody) in 2020-21 in section 5 of this link. It’s actually a very interesting read and I’m not sure much could be done to prevent a lot of then Leave a ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment.
I don’t think it’s physically possible to have zero deaths in police custody seeing as custody, by its very nature, often houses substance abusers and those in hyper-agitated states. For anyone interested, policeconduct.gov.uk writes [a summary of all deaths in police custody](https://policeconduct.gov.uk/deaths-during-or-following-police-contact-statistics-england-and-wales-2020-21#deaths-in-or-following-police-custody) in 2020-21 in section 5 of this link. It’s actually a very interesting read and I’m not sure much could be done to prevent a lot of then
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Good to hear it’s a small number. Seems like we’re doing okay
I don’t think it’s physically possible to have zero deaths in police custody seeing as custody, by its very nature, often houses substance abusers and those in hyper-agitated states.
For anyone interested, policeconduct.gov.uk writes [a summary of all deaths in police custody](https://policeconduct.gov.uk/deaths-during-or-following-police-contact-statistics-england-and-wales-2020-21#deaths-in-or-following-police-custody) in 2020-21 in section 5 of this link. It’s actually a very interesting read and I’m not sure much could be done to prevent a lot of then