Mary O’HARA (the Guardian)

Why we need the online presence of MentalHealthCop – Mary O’HARA (the Guardian) Last Friday West Midlands police (WMP) suddenly suspended the Twitter account of @MentalHealthCop, the enormously popular, award-winning feed from police officer Michael Brown. The same day, Brown’s equally admired personal blog which, like the Twitter account, had become a “go to” destination for […]

Nick COHEN (the Spectator)

Why the police silenced one of the best officers in Britain – Nick COHEN (the Spectator) Nick Cohen Why the police silenced one of the best officers in Britain West Midlands Police’s announcement that it had ordered the closure of the blog and Twitter account of Inspector Michael Brown – ‘the mental health cop’ – […]

Capacity

Is it OK if this post is a somewhat indulgent off-load of something exacerbates my stress levels and causes my blood pressure to rise? Thanks. Far too many times in the last few weeks, I’ve heard versions of these kinds of things in operational situations or during some presentations I’ve done to police / healthcare […]