Help should have come for man who died in Manitoba RCMP holding cell, inquest hears
One of the top Mounties in Manitoba's north district testified Tuesday at an inquest that policies were missed, and a 54-year-old who died in an RCMP holding cell should have gotten help during his final moments.
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![Jeremy Ettawakapow holds a picture of his father, John, who died in 2019 while he was detained in a cell in the RCMP detachment in The Pas, Man. He thinks his dad would still be alive today if he hadn't been put there A man wearing glasses holding a framed photo of a man.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.6281381.1718664265!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/jeremy-ettawakapow-with-photo-of-father.jpg)
One of the top Mounties in Manitoba's north district testified Tuesday at an inquest that policies were missed, and a 54-year-old who died in an RCMP holding cell should have gotten help during his final moments.