The BBC is covering news of a new Mental Health Bill, to be introduced to Parliament soon and their emphasis is on the removal of police stations as a Place of Safety (PoS).  Anyone who has followed this blog in the thirteen years it’s been running will know I’ve always thought police stations should never […]

His Majesty’s Coroner for West Yorkshire has issued a new Preventing Future Deaths report after the suicide of serving police officer PC Martin Stubbs. Mr Stubbs was arrested in late November 2022 by the Professional Standards Department of West Yorkshire Police, nine days after he received his Long Service / Good Conduct medal for 20yrs […]

Did you watch Channel 5’s Inside the Force on Tuesday evening?! – episode 8 was all about mental health calls but I will admit 11pm is way beyond my bedtime so I caught it on catch up over breakfast yesterday. It was filmed with the cooperation of Cleveland Police in Middlesbrough and starts with officers […]