Hundreds of people are expected to gather outside Kirkcaldy police station on Sunday ahead of the funeral of Sheku Bayoh.
As the 31-year-old’s grieving family insisted they would not be bullied or silenced, it emerged the hearse carrying his body will stop outside the St Brycedale Avenue station for five minutes en route to the mosque.
Relatives and friends will accompany the coffin on foot as they walk from the site of his death in Hayfield Road to the funeral.
The father of two young children died on May 3 after being detained by police. His family has accused officers of beating him with batons and spraying him with CS and PAVA spray.
A probe into the circumstances surrounding his death is being conducted by the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner (PIRC), although his family is expected to call for a full independent inquiry after the funeral.
While the details of Mr Bayoh’s service are being finalised, his partner, Collette Bell, accused the Scottish Police Federation of a personal attack on the family in its strong criticism of their lawyer, Aamer Anwar.
The federation’s legal adviser, Professor Peter Watson, accused Mr Anwar of promoting a “completely inaccurate and misleading account” of the events leading up to Mr Bayoh’s death.
He was also accused of “hyperbolic, inaccurate and bizarre rhetoric” by federation chairman Brian Docherty.
Miss Bell, the mother of Mr Bayoh’s four-month-old son, Isaac, said: “We are disgusted at the personal attack on Mr Anwar, who we have total faith in.
“Everything he says is coming directly from us and so we feel this is a personal attack on us.”
She added: “I feel frustrated. Instead of Brian Docherty wasting time slandering our lawyer he should concentrate on getting the nine officers who engaged with Shek to give a true account of the circumstances surrounding his death, as already directed by PIRC.”
Mr Anwar said: “The federation can try to deflect from the issue all they wish but four weeks after Sheku’s death, serious questions remain unanswered.”
He added: “The federation can personally attack me all they want but I refuse to defend myself. I have a job to do.
“It is, however, extremely sad that in the week of Sheku Bayoh’s funeral, his family should have to state publicly that they refuse to be bullied or silenced.”