One thing arising from the Home Secretary’s speech this week to the Police Federation conference was the idea of “street triage”.  In short, this means a system whereby better health or mental health support is made quickly or immediately available to police officers who are often paired up with health professionals. Now there are various […]

My colleagues in green seem a bit upset and not for the first time; my Twitter notifications are full of indignation and frustration.  The Home Secretary delivered her annual speech to the Police Federation Conference earlier today and spoke for longer than ever before on policing and mental health issues – this in itself is […]

I thought myself very privileged to have been on the list of people to receive an embargoed copy of the Adebowale Report on Friday morning, two hours before the world saw it.  Although I was due to be at work on an EARLY shift, I had made mental arrangements to prioritise reading it amidst my […]