"The family of Yolanda Ramirez, who went unconscious in the back of a police car and died days later at a hospital, will be able to view camera footage of her 2025 arrest. The Brentwood City Council on Tuesday night directed staff to release footage of the encounter to her family no later than Feb. 28, before making it available to the public."
"Ramirez, who worked with Contra Costa Health Services before retiring, was arrested on Sept. 26, 2025, on suspicion of a misdemeanor for allegedly yelling outside of her childhood family home on Broderick Drive, where her sister, Sylvia Bustos, lives. According to a lawsuit filed on Jan. 1, Ramirez was at the home to pick up her brother, who also lives there, for a medical appointment when an argument ensued between the sisters, prompting Bustos to call the police."
Yolanda Ramirez went unconscious in the back of a police car and died days later at a hospital. The Brentwood City Council directed staff to release police camera footage of her 2025 arrest to her family by Feb. 28, with public release to follow. Mayor Susannah Meyer said the city will ensure police cooperation with the Contra Costa County District Attorney's ongoing investigation and emphasized the need for a thorough, objective, and unimpeded independent inquiry. The council authorized the city's legal department to defend a lawsuit filed by Ramirez's family. Ramirez, a former Contra Costa Health Services employee, was arrested Sept. 26, 2025, on misdemeanor suspicion after an incident outside her childhood home.
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