Bonham Police Department Arrestee Dies in Custody

On or about September 14, 2017, Jamey Sisk died while in the custody of the Bonham Police Department. The Bonham Police Department received a family disturbance call regarding Mr. Sisk. All information provided in this post was obtained from a custodial death report filed by the Bonham Police Department with the Texas State Attorney General. Therefore, we do not have personal knowledge of the events contained in this post but are simply relating a portion of what was reported to the Attorney General.

Upon arrival, two uniformed Bonham Police Department officers found Mr. Sisk in the neighbor’s front yard, rolling around in the grass. Apparently, the Bonham Police Department had been to the address before and was aware of Mr. Sisk’s significant mental and emotional problems. Those two uniformed police officers allegedly had body cameras which were recording. A third Bonham Police Department officer, who was a plain clothes detective, arrived at the scene and asked that Sisk be handcuffed. That police officer did not have a body camera.

Mr. Sisk was handcuffed behind his back, to which he voluntarily submitted, and he was put face down on the ground while uniformed police officers checked the welfare of people in the home. The detective, without a body camera, remained with Mr. Sisk. Ultimately, Mr. Sisk was found to be unresponsive. He was then transported to a local hospital and pronounced dead.

The Texas Rangers are conducting a custodial death investigation. Moreover, as of this post, autopsy results are apparently still pending. We do not allege in this post that anyone did anything improper but are instead simply providing information.

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