It is a phrase mental health professionals are very used to hearing, “Sorry, it’s not in the public interest” [to prosecute a mental health patient with an offence].  It is a phrase the police and the Crown Prosecution Service have often used to defend the decision to take no formal criminal action against a patient […]

I spoke recently to a former police colleague who is now a psychiatric nurse.  I am aware of a couple of police officers who used to be psychiatric nurses earlier in their careers.  I admit to thinking that this dual professional perspective must be fascinating, not least because it’s clear to me after the work […]

This story is a while old, but I’ve delayed telling it to put a bit of distance there.  I was contacted by an 24/7 operational police officer about this job – the way in which they used the blog at the scene of an incident and achieved an unorthodox, but undoubtedly better, outcome for a […]