David Jennings

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Name as recorded

David Jennings

Age as recorded

not reported

Gender as recorded

Male

Race as reported

European-American/White

Date of the injury resulting in death

June 10, 2005

Location as recorded

Nutley, Essex County228 Chestnut Street Nutley NJ 07110 Essex

Highest level of force as recorded

Asphyxiated/Restrained

Agency or agencies involved, as recorded: Nutley Police Department

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Fatal Encounters' description of the incident, verbatim. This is the source project's own third-party narrative, not this site's reporting.

David Jennings was apprehended on drug charges and later hung himself in holding cell with his pants. Available Media reports don't state categorically whether he was booked, so this incident may be outside of FatalEncounters dataset, which does not include individuals after they've been booked into the jail or prison system.

Source reported by Fatal Encounters: https://nj-arrest-related-deaths.herokuapp.com/posts/david-jennings (external link, as recorded in the dataset).

What does the Fatal Encounters dataset record about this incident?

Fatal Encounters records that David Jennings died on June 10, 2005 in Nutley, Essex County, with "Asphyxiated/Restrained" as the highest level of force. Fatal Encounters is an independent, crowdsourced dataset of deaths that occurred during police encounters of any kind; a record is not a finding of fault or misconduct.

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Which agency or agencies were recorded as involved?

The record's agency field reads "Nutley Police Department". Presence in that field means the agency appears in the record as reported, nothing more; it is not a claim of fault or responsibility by any officer or agency.

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Where did this happen?

The record places the death in Nutley, Essex County, on June 10, 2005. The address as recorded is 228 Chestnut Street Nutley NJ 07110 Essex.

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Does this record mean police caused or were at fault for this death?

No. Fatal Encounters documented deaths that occurred during police encounters of any kind, including vehicle pursuits and crashes, suicides that occurred in police presence, and medical emergencies. This record documents that a death occurred during an encounter; it is not a finding of fault, misconduct, or wrongdoing, and it has no connection to the discipline records elsewhere on this site.

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