Police failure to check on Tanya Day blamed on lack of staff, inquest told

Despite police guidelines, Aboriginal woman who later died in cell went unchecked for more than 40 minutes

Police did not comply with their own guidelines for checking detainees because they were short-staffed on the night Aboriginal woman Tanya Day was in custody, an inquest has heard.

Leading senior constable Danny Wolters named lack of staff as one of the reasons he twice went more than 40 minutes between checking on the 55-year-old Yorta Yorta woman, despite police guidelines requiring that an intoxicated person must be physically checked and roused every 30 minutes.

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