she committed suicide.

When they picked her up was there no sign of suicidal behaviour or talk? Why not medical care?

"..., but we never release a cause of death” says Constable Annie Linteau."

That says it all right there. If there was no wrong doing, neglect of duty or question of treatment, then I suggest that the RCMP would/should have no problems releasing the cause of death. (Especially, after an autopsy). Since the autopsy has yet to be completed, it could be alcohol poisoning, or taser, or something else.

Why would they conduct an autopsy on a suicide? Makes no sense to do so. Was the female in a separate cell from the male? If not, is he a suspect in the death?
I do not believe it is a suicide.

Or..it was, and the RCMP are minding their p's and q's under all the public scrutiny lately with the seemingly increasing "in custody" deaths.

Suicide is the sincerest form of self criticism. Methinks the lady had mega-overwhelming issues in her life and it finally came down to her offing herself right then and there in a jail cell. As with most deaths it is sad. People who really think about suicide "ask" for help in so many ways. At press time, and understanding what I read, she didn't ask/demand help. Offing herself anywhere else would have been less noticed and even less notoriously eyebrow raising. Still the whole thing is sad.

applecork: Its already been confirmed it was a suicide. She wrapped a cord around her neck and chocked herself to unconsciousness which led to her death.

They dont put male and females together in cells applecork....

Thanks lmorg but where was this confirmed? As for gender separation in the cells, I am not familiar with all the facts surrounding this case so I try not to assume anything...

Almost a decade ago all RCMP cells in the province, from the largest to the smallest detachments, were altered to increase the visibility by the police of the prisoner while they were in their cell, both directly through an observation window as well as through a CCV (closed circuit video) installation for remote monitoring.

In addition, all projections in the rooms were removed, grilles altered, etc. etc. to make it virtually impossible to hang oneself.

When that much money is spent on cells, it says to me that there was an effort through changes of the physical envoronment ot reduce such incidents.

All the observation windows and CCVs in the world will not make a difference if there is no one there to observe, which is the last component of a series of actions which are supposed to happen to prevent suicide in jail cells.

CCV? Then Koester must have turned it off when he shot Ian Bush to death in what was an obvious murder. The official story is BS.

Cops are supposed to check on in custody inmates every 15 minutes. I guess they are too busy dunking do-nuts or sleeping on public time.

Let's see how busy PG's justice system flunkees are:

http://www.ag.gov.bc.ca/courts/court-lists/lists/Prince_George_Law_Courts-Provincial_Court_List.pdf

No sittings. The last one I posted had 10 names. Real busy. I thought cops tried to make their quotas on the day the provincial welfare cheques come out.

If you don't want to work for a living, become a cop.

The CCVs were installed in each cell. The purpose was to decrease the risk of suicide, so the cells each have one. What is in the corridors and other rooms was really not part of that particular project.

Of course, they could be turned off and they could be broken, although that would be rare since they were protected behind glass, so it would be an electronic malfunction.

Yes, the cells in Houston would have had the CCVs.

As far as the case in PG, I believe the guards are civilian employees. I would not be surprised if they went to sleep.