Very sad news from east London this week, where the Metropolitan Police have used firearms at an incident which seems to have been a mental health crisis in progress and it has ended with the death of a vulnerable man who had called the police to say he wanted to take his own life and […]

Dennis Sterling was detained to Broadmoor Hospital almost sixteen years ago and in early 2021 was already subject to a restricted hospital order after a series of violent and sexual attacks, which includes a violent sexual assault on a Broadmoor nurse in 2012.  In February 2021, there was an incident which led to further prosecution […]

Those of you who’ve been kind enough to read this blog since its inception will remember there have been plenty of posts which push the obvious idea the police are over-exposed to many demands which relate to mental health which are not something the police can adequately deal with.  Favourite examples have always included the […]