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One case study of in-custody death: A 'perfect storm' of deadly errors

Nothing sends a wake-up call about the importance of searching thoroughly like having a prisoner slash his throat in the backseat of your patrol car. Two Wisconsin deputies experienced that unnerving occurrence while transporting a mental patient to a treatment facility and ended up as defendants in a federal civil suit, accused of “deliberate indifference” to the victim’s right to life. For officers everywhere, this is a harsh reminder that small slips in tactics and making assumptions can quickly compound into a “perfect storm” of calamity.

Here’s what happened, according to court records and an exclusive interview with Robert Willis, a well-known law enforcement trainer and legal consultant hired by the deputies’ defense attorneys. As a courtesy to the officers involved, we’ve changed their names.

At about 0030 hours one spring Thursday, Deputy Tom Jones was dispatched to an upscale residence in a semirural area to meet a distraught father who had called 911 for help in dealing with his son, a mentally troubled recluse who lived in virtual isolation in the basement of the home. The subject allegedly had warned his parents that they should leave the house or “harm may come to you,” then had taken off in the family car.

During a brief canvass of the area, Jones spotted a maroon Ford Contour, creeping along “extremely slowly,” that matched the vehicle’s description. Jones followed it a way, then pulled it over. The complainant’s son — in his 30s and dressed in blue jeans and a sports jersey — was at the wheel.

As Jones talked with him through a slightly open door (the window crank was broken), the man’s mental disturbance quickly became evident. Between copious gulps of water, he advised Jones that “you’d better get me out of the car and handcuff me” because he had received an “injection” that was going to cause him to “transform into a flying fire serpent.” He expressed concerns that he “might injure people” once the “transformation” began.

Jones called for backup and the subject was detained and subsequently handcuffed behind his back — with two sets of cuffs, because of his “large stature.” Jones performed what he said later was a “thorough” pat-down, recovering a biker-style chain wallet, a lighter, and a folding-style pocketknife. The subject was “totally compliant and showed no signs of aggression.” Jones did not search further after finding the knife.

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