Inquest jury deliberations underway in Myles Gray case

The jury in the coroner's inquest into the death of Myles Gray has begun deliberations.

The jury in the coroner’s inquest into the death of Myles Gray has begun deliberations.

Monday began with testimony from Supt. Shelley Horne, who is responsible for overseeing the Vancouver Police Department's Professional Standards division.

She spoke about the VPD’s notebook policy, saying officers are expected to record diligent notes.

Horne said the department has a comprehensive five-page document outlining the expectations but said the current policy has only been in place since 2016.

At the time of Gray’s death, on August 13, 2015, VPD relied on a different, less comprehensive policy drafted in 2001.

Gray stopped breathing while being held down by several officers in a residential yard on Joffre Avenue just east of Boundary Road on the Vancouver-Burnaby border.

Police, firefighters and paramedics tried to resuscitate him but were unsuccessful.