No matter what you think the problem is, there are only ever two solutions in policing and mental health — The police need more training; AND / OR The police need to work in partnership with mental health services. All the emphasis is on the police here, isn’t it?! It’s almost as if the only […]

This blog is part of the series which will cover, in detail, the amendments to the Mental Health Act 1983 within the Policing and Crime Act 2017. This post is one of several which relates not the amendments themselves, but to the implications arising from them. For background to the series, see the introductory post […]

Today, a police custody sergeant and two detention officers have been cleared of manslaughter following a hearing at Bristol Crown Court. This retrial follows the death, in 2012, of Thomas Orchard – a 32-year-old man from Exeter who lived with schizophrenia who had been arrested and removed to a police station whilst in crisis. For […]