I’ve been trying to think about the question posed by the Mental Health Foundation for this year’s mental health awareness week in the context of policing and our involvement in responding to mental health related demand: surviving or thriving? I’m all too aware of comments realised in recent weeks by front-line officers on social media […]

So, we’re still discussing the fallout of Sir Tom Winsor’s comments almost one week after they were made. A few of us have blogged our thoughts on this and many of you have commented on those posts and social medica more generally. We all share a view that there is a problem, but I’m not […]

Yesterday, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary, Sir Tom Winsor said something extremely important in his annual review, known as the “State of Policing” report.  The main headline from the document was his argument that the police are now filling gaps in mental health services and that this represents a drain on resources which are […]