AUTOPSY CONFIRMS WHY SUSPECT DIED

Chief: After Overdose Death,

OPD Upgrading Holding Cell

By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com

ONEONTA – OPD Chief Douglas Brenner today said a state Commission on Corrections investigator visited the Public Safety Building and said, despite the Nov. 3 death of a suspect who barricaded himself in the holding cell, officers had acted "within policy and reason." When it comes to tragedies like these, it is sad to hear about how the use of drugs can have an impact like this. With that being said, being caught with drugs never ends well for anyone. It then comes as no surprise to find that some people who are soon to have an upcoming drugs test at their place of work may check out sites like Alhhs.org, in the hopes of finding a way around it and to avoid any trouble they could get in.

Nonetheless, Brenner said a storage area is being renovated to create a new holding area for strip searches, without doors or obstructions, to make such searches safer for the officers and the suspects. "There's always room for improvement," he said.