NEWBURGH – A failure to follow recommended procedures for dealing with calls involving possible cases of “excited delirium” was apparently responsible for the death last Sunday of 25 year old Nathaniel Cobbs from cardiac failure.

Standards recommended by The Force Science Research Center (“FSRC”), a law enforcement legal and procedures consultant and the League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust, which provides liability coverage for more than 800 communities, include ten points of procedure which should be followed in cases of suspected “excited delirium” to avoid unnecessary death and litigation.

Most of the recommendations were apparently ignored by Newburgh police in Cobb’s case, and his ultimate death in police custody has been characterized by police as a result of “excited delirium.”