{"id":16274,"date":"2025-02-11T18:04:57","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T18:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/11\/ontario-woman-dies-in-hamilton-police-custody-watchdog-investigating\/"},"modified":"2025-02-11T18:04:57","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T18:04:57","slug":"ontario-woman-dies-in-hamilton-police-custody-watchdog-investigating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/11\/ontario-woman-dies-in-hamilton-police-custody-watchdog-investigating\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario woman dies in Hamilton police custody, watchdog investigating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Ontario\u2019s police watchdog says they are investigating after a 31-year-old woman died while in the custody of Hamilton police on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) said officers arrested the woman on Monday in relation to multiple failure to comply offences.<\/p>\n<p>She was then taken to the police station and placed in a cell, the SIU said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h3>Get breaking National news<\/h3>\n<p>For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On Tuesday, at about 2:30 a.m., she showed signs of medical distress and paramedics were called. the woman was taken to hospital and died, the SIU said.<\/p>\n<section id=\"content-dynamic-trending-stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile u-hide-tablet-landscape\" aria-label=\"Dynamic trending stories section\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Trending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>The SIU is an independent agency that investigates the conduct of officers in incidents that have resulted in death, serious injury, or alleged sexual assault.<\/p>\n<p>The cause or suspected cause of the woman\u2019s death was not revealed. 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