Ignorantia Juris non Excusat

As the years go on, I do find that the posts I write are becoming replicas of other posts I’ve previously written. Indeed, sometimes I write and then think, “I’ve covered this before” and then just stop and delete the draft, content that it’s already been said. However, this time I’m going to write a […]

Street Triage Workshop

On Tuesday of this week, the College of Policing hosted a small workshop on street triage. It was an invitation only event to start gathering ideas about how to tackle a particular piece of work we’ve been set by Her Majesty’s of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMIC). In their 2018 Picking Up the […]

Thirty Minute Checks

In December 2017, the Policing and Crime Act 2017 (PACA) amended the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA). The newly amended Act allows for the Secretary of State to make Regulations about Place of Safety provision, in particular the use of police stations as a Place of Safety under the Act. The Mental Health Act (Place […]