Human Rights Training

Those following on Twitter will know I’ve spent a working week over the last fortnight requalifying at public order order training – and it’s not quite over yet. I have to go back a week on Monday for my two-day assessment and do the bleep test this Tuesday so I’ll be up the lane later, […]

Liv

I am nothing short of absolutely gutted and profoundly upset to learn an hour ago, that Liv Pontin died earlier today. @Liv1204, as she was known on Twitter, was a kind and gentle young woman of considerable insight and passion, who had recently started working for Northamptonshire Police in a role that allowed her to […]

Section 13 MHA

I suspect, in just some ways, that section 13 of the Mental Health Act 1983 is the section that they really, Really don’t want you to know about, esp if you’re a police officer or paramedic who finds yourself dealing with mental health emergencies that may require consideration of using legal powers the police don’t […]