In the general debates about policing, we hear a lot about the importance of policing by consent and those who have read into the history of policing will know that the service was founded by Sir Robert Peel who set down nine principles of policing.  These principles, in the opinion of many officers including me […]

Today, the Independent Commission on Policing and Mental Health established by the Metropolitan Police Commissioner has launched a website.  The Commission, chaired by Lord Adebowale and involving ACPO Lead on Mental Health, Chief Constable Simon Cole, will ultimately publish their report in March 2013 on this website so it is worth book-marking, but they have […]

This post is not substantively about the police but it relates to something that has come up in queries to me as a result of running this site.  Also, there is one particular police situation I came across as a custody sergeant where a “Nearest Relative” emerged from the mist of a difficult investigation and […]