A police officer, medical workers and sheriff’s deputies ignored a man with a large number of drugs. During more than two hours According to reports of a court -appointed monitor, before his death in the County Jail last May.
The man, 55 -year -old David Kent Beerfield Senior was in seven custody, Sacramento County Sheriff’s office reported last year to died on his facilities – and one of those three who was about a month of a month Died in the main jail.
Jail staff members claimed that he was suffering from illness, and Sheriff’s office told the California Department of Justice that his death was due to natural reasons. But the post -mortem through the County Coroner’s office found that he used Mathemphytamine and Phantinil.
Like many prisons and prisons across the country, in Sacarmato County, there has been a mistake in insufficient medical care in recent years. The details of the last hours of Mr Beerfield were caught on the jail video footage, which has not been publicly released but they saw the lawyers appointed to monitor the terms in the county prisons under the decree of 2020 in the federal case. –
The lawyers’ report describes the culture of neglect for detainees in the prison system. Two medical experts, who have also been assigned to detect compliance with the court order reforms, emphasized that police officers, sheriff’s deputies and jail medical staff handle Mr Beerfield. I was mismanaged and others died.
“These deaths showed system and individual performance issues, including inadequate emergency reactions, inadequate medical care before death, and in a case, deliberately insensitivity for a person who was clearly seriously ill. Even an ordinary person will see that the patient needs emergency care.
According to a court-appointed monitor, the footage-Mr. Beerfield was apparently unable to sit, stand or raise his head, and sometimes he was unable to pass-especially disturbing. Lawyers explained the details in a letter to the Sheriff Jim Cooper obtained by the New York Times and the desert. Medical experts explained this in a report filed in the US District Court for the eastern district of California last week.
Officials of the three agencies contacted Mr Beerfield in the jail, refusing to answer questions about his death conditions and any mistakes in his care.
In the Sacramento Police Department, officers are demanded to oversee the arrests until no other agency is in custody, and shifted them to the hospital if needed. Sheriff’s Office – who said he had thoroughly investigated the matter but did not release any search for him – he emphasized that Mr Beerfield was just 15 minutes of responsibility, his After the booking process is completed. Both the Sheriff’s office and the prison medical staff overseas said they made changes to the intake process but did not provide details.
Mr Beerfield, who was homeless and had a history of drug use, was handcuffed, was pulled from a police car and was brought to the main jail of Sacramento at 1 am on May 12, lawyers and medical. Notes in expert accounts. A police officer dragged him about 100 feet on the concrete floor of the parking garage to go to the jail’s entrance, according to a lawyer representing the deceased’s relatives in a case. The family did not respond to the requests for this article.
The police department said that Mr Beerfield was arrested on charges of theft and adultery, but he would not provide further details.
Once Mr Beerfield was inside, a certified nursing assistant had difficulty checking his main symptoms, and he should have been aware of the registered nurse to check it but he did not request ۔ When Mr Beerfield fell on the floor for several minutes, the nursing assistant and the arrest officer did not attend.
Medical experts wrote – a nurse practitioner and a registered nurse who is experienced in working in correction. Institutions
Mr Beerfield was soon kept in a cart, which is commonly used to prevent joint detainees. Around 2 in the morning, medical experts and lawyers said, a nurse cleared him to keep him in jail, but he failed to complete the medical screening and later dismissed his intake papers.
Medical experts, who did not respond to the comments requests, noted in their report that the police should have taken Mr Beerfield to the hospital instead of jail. The report also states that nurses and sheriff’s deputies should have admitted that they were in dire need of medical care.
The deputies took her out of the car around 3:30 am, taking her and dragging her to photograph and fingerprint. “Stop playing the game!” According to lawyers, one of them screamed.
Two lawyers – who work with the Jail Law Office, a non -profit legal group that represents the detainees in the federal court case – described the condition of Mr Beerfield in an interview.
“He was nearing death and was completely ineligible for engaging in the whole conversation,” said Margat Mandelson, one of the lawyers. “He was not treated like a person who needed care. It should have been a moment to help save his life.
“He doesn’t stand at any point,” said Patrick Booth, another lawyer. “They are pulling it about 30 or 40 feet by bypasses. Her pants came down. She is fully exposed.
Mr Booth said that the footage shows that the deputies raised Mr Beerfield’s head from the hair, his body was taking pictures of the booking on the floor, while from different angles.
When he was occasionally disturbed throughout the confrontation, the lawyers said he made his only understanding comment during the photography: “I am Jesus Christ.”
A few minutes later, a Sheriff’s office sergeant observed that the man was unconscious and asked the nurse to confirm that he had been medically cleared for booking. All accounts say the nurse claims that the main symptoms of the person are normal, adding, “He is just old and homeless.” The nurse then left the area.
The deputies began examining Mr Beerfield’s pulse, demanded a backup and finally started a chest pressure at 3:46 am, which in the family case of the nurse note that Mr Beerfield excessive medicines Has found, though this details have not been included in other accounts.
Mr Beerfield was declared dead after about 30 30 minutes.
His relatives sued the County, Sheriff’s Office, City Sacramento and his department in December, claiming that he had not been provided medical treatment and wanted to be damaged.
Two nursing experts have warned of such disorders about serious consequences.
He wrote, “In similar cases across the country,” the nurses who have misrepresented medical records and endanger the safety of patients have lost their license, and in some cases, on them Patients were charged with crime and convicted. “
He noted that the nurse that fake the intake papers of Mr Beerfield faced disciplinary action, reported to the California Board of Nursing and resigned.
When Mr Beerfield was technically in the custody of the arrest officer until the booking of the jail was complete, the Sacramento Police Department said there was no need to investigate further. “It will not be customary for our department to review, because Mr Beerfield did not die in our custody.”
The federal consent needs to provide timely medical care from the Sheriff’s office and improve the deaths of their costs. Lawyers involved in the prison supervision said they were concerned.
He wrote to Sheriff Cooper in his letter, “Sheriff must be held accountable for the apathy and apathy that spreads the leadership of the prison and exercise to make immediate changes.” “Sacramento County should demand politeness for those who are imprisoned.”
