I realised early on that a Code of Practice to an Act of Parliament was taken very seriously indeed.  There are many Codes which affect the police, PACE alone has several:  Code A for stop / search; Code C for treatment in custody to name just two of the more important ones.  There are more for PACE […]

How to ‘do’ s136 Mental Health Act (MHA) properly:  << this also applies to s297 MHA(S) and a130 MHO(NI). 1.  Call an ambulance to EVERY arrest; without fail. 2.  Remove anyone suffering from a potential medical emergency or physical injury to A&E 3.  Remove other detainees to the psychiatric place of safety in your area […]

Just a few short thoughts on what I’m going to try and cover on this blog as and when time permits and to invite any thoughts: This is mainly a ‘to do’ list for me, however please leave a comment if you’d like me to bash together thoughts on any other aspect of policing which […]