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72B-Detaining Prisoners, Including Bail <br /> <br /> <br />Policy & Procedure Page 6 of 17 <br />NOTE: G.L. c. 94C, § 9 prohibits the administration of a controlled <br />substance by non-licensed persons. This policy simply affords a <br />detainee the opportunity to self-administer prescribed medicine in <br />accordance with label directions. <br /> <br />C. Handling Violent, Intoxicated, Self-destructive Persons [72.5.4] <br /> <br />1. Detention <br /> <br />a. The priority of police actions in dealing with violent, self-destructive, or <br />intoxicated detainees is the protection from injury of the police staff, <br />other detainees, and the detainee him/herself. <br />b. Segregation or additional restraints shall not involve any other penalty <br />other than the segregation or restraint. There shall be no abridgment of <br />rights or privileges that would normally be granted to any other detainee. <br />c. Any detainee who is uncontrollable due to the influence of alcohol or <br />drugs, or is violent or otherwise self-destructive, shall, if transportation <br />or removal to a detoxification or other mental health facility is not <br />feasible, be placed in a single occupancy cell as deemed appropriate <br />by the CO. Under no circumstances shall this type of detainee be placed <br />in a cell occupied by another person. <br />d. All detainee behavior resulting in segregation, restraint, transfer, or <br />police response shall be included in an incident report. <br />e. Such detainee shall be continuously monitored. The detainee’s <br />behavior should be taped or otherwise captured on video and audio, <br />and the recording preserved, if the cell is so equipped. <br /> <br />2. In-Cell Restraint <br /> <br />a. If, in the judgment of a CO, a detainee becomes violent or <br />uncontrollable, the detainee may be restrained while in the cell. Such <br />restraint may include the use of: (See Department policy 41B – Use of <br />Force) <br /> <br />i. Handcuffs; <br />ii. Waist chains; <br /> <br />b. Detainees should not be “hogtied” due to the risk of positional asphyxia. <br /> <br />3. Harmful Conditions <br /> <br />a. Conditions <br /> <br />i. If the suspect displays impaired thinking, disorientation, <br />hallucinations and/or delusions, intense paranoia, violent and/or <br />bizarre behavior AND during the arrest exhibited great strength <br />and/or a diminished sensitivity to pain, the individual may be