<< UPDATED ON 31/01 – a Radio4 programme on Excited Delirium will be on iPlayer for a limited time and is a very worthwhile listen. The question of whether excited delirium (ED) is a real medical condition is way above my pay-grade.  But in reality, police officers find themselves refereeing an aetiological debate by arbitrating […]

“The legal duty of care owed to people detained by the police exists, whether or not the infrastructure through which to discharge this duty exists or not.”  I have said this countless times in meetings in order to convey that human rights obligations such as the right to life (article 2) the right to not […]

Like most UK cops who joined in the 1990s, I took my two-hours of mental health awareness out onto the streets with me after initial police training.  For me, this meant patrolling and responding in one of the most deprived and diverse parts of a large UK city where MH related demands for the police […]