The Metropolitan Police have set up an independent commission to examine issues around policing contact with people in mental health crisis.  The only police representation on the group will be Chief Constable Simon Cole, the ACPO Lead of Mental Health and Chief of Leicestershire.  Otherwise, there will be various mental health professionals.  There has been […]

A couple of blog ideas occured to me this week and fortunately, they overlap! I spent Wednesday morning in Stoke-on-Trent speaking at the Police Federation custody seminar – check out the Twitter hashtag #NCFseminar for more.  Twitter followers who were not able to be there asked if I would write up my half-hour presentation into […]

I’m not sure anyone knows the size of the problem, regarding how many people with mental health problems become involved in the criminal justice process.  I’ve stated previously that if we leave the police to their own devices, they will spot around 12-15% of detainees in police custody and suspect a mental health problem which […]