Daily News | Yeadon officials have asked the Department of Justice to investigate its police department
The request to the Department of Justice came days after a 34-year-old woman attempted to hang herself inside a holding cell.Officials in Yeadon have asked the Department of Justice to open an investigation into the borough’s police department after one person died by suicide and another attempted suicide while in police custody in the span of four months.
A spokesperson for Romero said Friday that she could not confirm the letter had been received by the office, nor whether an investigation was underway.a 34-year-old woman was found unresponsive after attempting to hang herself in a holding cell inside Yeadon’s police station warning, the letter said, noting that the entire interaction was recorded on the officers’ body-worn cameras.County investigators have opened an investigation into the recent suicide attempt, according to a spokesperson for District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer. The two officers involved in the woman’s arrest have been placed on desk duty.In July, Shawn Morcho, 22,. Morcho, who had an outstanding warrant for simple assault in nearby Darby, had been arrested on a drug-possession charge.
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