As many of you know, I’m currently wading my way through literally hundreds of cases of mental health (MH) police contact deaths (PCDs) with the aim of identifying as many as possible for my PhD research. Of particular importance to me is the Preventing Future Deaths notices which result from just over 50% of all […]

It’s that time of year again, where the Independent Office for Police Conduct releases their annual report about “deaths during of following police custody” and I dive in to search for various things. On this occasion, it didn’t take me long to see the report continues in a very familiar vein to those from previous […]

This post concerns a very interesting legal update about a tragic case in Merseyside, still working its way through the inquest process. In April 2023, Merseyside Police had contact with 26-year old Mr James Farley after members of the public called officers to a car park in Bootle where he was seen at height and […]