The Pleasant Hill/Contra Costa Centre BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) station at 1365 Treat Boulevard in Walnut Creek, Calif. on March 5, 2021. (Samantha Laurey/Bay City News)

BART police will no longer use the term “excited delirium” in written reports and the term has been removed from the agency’s policy manual, BART announced Thursday.

Excited delirium has been cited, mostly by law enforcement, for nearly four decades as the cause of deaths in police custody, particularly among those who are physically restrained or otherwise incapacitated.

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Eli covers public health, transportation and state politics for the Bay City News Foundation, serves as the main editor of the Public Health and COVID-19 Information Hub and assists with Local News Matters' social media strategy. He has also previously covered local politics in San Diego County as well as college and professional sports across the Bay Area.