West Midlands Police

Death In Custody (215A/20)

5 June 2020 | Discipline, Complaints and Legal, Operational Policing, Investigations and Events

Request

1) How many deaths in your custody have occurred in each of the last five years, broken down by year.

2) Which station was responsible for each person who died across the last five years in total? (E.g. Bromley: X deaths; Brixton: Y deaths, etc.)

Response

Please find attached our response.

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