Man who was in critical condition after Moncton arrest has died

A man who went into medical distress four hours after being arrested on Sunday has died.

The man was arrested on Sunday night in Moncton, RCMP have said, then went into "medical distress" four hours later. Police said he was in critical condition on Monday.

RCMP announced the man's death Friday, but did not say what day he died.

Nova Scotia's Serious Incident Response Team is investigating the actions of the officers involved.

SIRT's mandate is to investigate serious incidents that stem from police actions, including death, serious injury, sexual assault, domestic violence and "other matters of significant public interest."

Few other details provided

On Sunday, at around 11 p.m., police responded to a "disturbance call" on Evergreen Drive, RCMP said.

When they arrived, "police encountered a man who was detained without incident and taken into custody," a news release said.

"Approximately four hours later, the individual was found to be in medical distress, and was transported to hospital."

RCMP did not share any other details about what happened that night, including what caused the force to refer the case to SIRT. 

"Support services have been offered to the members involved in the incident."

The police force also did not say if any officers were suspended or put on administrative duties.

2nd case referred to SIRT this month

This is the second investigation of RCMP conduct referred to SIRT this month. 

On Nov 17, RCMP said it was asking SIRT to review the conduct of police officers with a person who was in mental distress.

On Nov. 16, officers responded to a report of a person in mental distress at around 10:30 a.m. in Riverview. When they arrived, officers "tried to calm them down," RCMP said.

"Police were concerned for their safety and attempted to detain the individual under the Mental Health Act, but the individual resisted," RCMP said. "An altercation ensued between the person and two police officers."

The force said the person was transported to hospital with non-life threatening injuries, and an officer also had a non-life threatening injury.

New Brunswick does not have its own police watchdog agency. SIRT in Nova Scotia is currently reviewing four New Brunswick police action cases, and has released reports on two others this year.