I’ve mentioned that when I joined the police, there was a poster on the custody wall which contained a telephone number for the ‘diversion’ team.  You rang it after you realised that your suspect had mental health problems and a psychiatric nurse would come and screen the person.  They would then arrange full Mental Health […]

I’ve added a page to the BLOG to index the posts for easier browsing of previous stuff.  Click here to see it, but it’s also on the main toolbar, above. Thanks for the interest and support since starting in November, hope to post you some interesting stuff or to start more debates in the New […]

One of the most worthwhile things I ever did was sit down in 2003 for a couple of hours on a night shift and read the Code of Practice to the Mental Health Act (Wales)- cover to cover.  Twice.  And then I read individual chapters of more relevance to the police – again and again and […]