The Tate Tragedy

I’m sure most people heard of the sickening attack on a young boy at the Tate Modern in 2019 – I don’t intend to cover the details as they are widely available elsewhere. Trigger warning for the hyperlink that follows: this post intends to focus on nothing other than the key decision for the judge […]

National Mental Health Strategy

One of the last things I did at the College of Policing in March 2019, was complete the final draft of the National Strategy on Policing and Mental Health which I’d worked on periodically for a couple of years – yes, literally: years. I’d suggested the need for such a thing to the first NPCC […]

The Impact of Policing

For some time now, I’ve been concerned about the impact on vulnerable people of ‘normalising’ the involvement of the police in their mental health care. Regular readers will no doubt recall some observations I’ve made based on real cases or things I’ve learned by listening to people. It’s because of my concern, I decided a […]