BRENTWOOD — A 72-year-old woman went unconscious in the back of a police car and later died, and Brentwood police — who never told the public about the Sept. 26 incident — are already facing legal blowback from her family.

Yolanda Ramirez, a Brentwood native who retired from a 30-year career at Contra Costa Health Services, was arrested on suspicion of a misdemeanor for allegedly yelling at a family member’s home.

While in the back of a patrol car outside the Broderick Drive home, Ramirez apparently suffered what turned out to be a brain bleed and went unconscious. Paramedics rushed her to a hospital where she remained on life support until her Oct. 3 death, according to a legal claim — a precursor to a lawsuit — filed by Ramirez’s family.

The Brentwood Police Department never publicly

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