I’ve thought about writing this blog a few times.  I even started it once.  The reason I binned the first draft was because it strikes me as almost something that doesn’t need to be said.  Nevertheless, my recently re-hearing the phrase “Scarin’ the Community” – a phrase I’ve heard so many times in relation to […]

How can I possibly link a post on a policing / mental health blog to me getting to police at the Olympic Games?! … is it just a gratuitous opportunity to tell you about my time policing our capital?!!  Maybe!  But it was such a unique event that I would like to tell you about it; […]

When I first starting writing this blog, I didn’t quite know where it would all go and I certainly didn’t have a plan for what to write about.  There were some obvious topics like s136 MHA, Places of Safety, prosecution of offenders, etc.; but I certainly didn’t predict getting into certain territories like CRB checks and […]