Oddly Enough …

Oddly enough … trying to wade your way through some of the most sensitive issues in all of public policy isn’t straight-forward. Deaths in police custody … the use of force on vulnerable people … when, if ever, to prosecute a vulnerable person … navigating ‘pathways’ and processes which span multiple criminal justice agencies and even […]

Still Too Many Questions

I wrote last week about three separate process which had concluded after adverse events involving the police and their response to mental health calls. I mentioned the conclusion of the inquest in to the sad death of Joseph Phuong and couldn’t say much about it as details weren’t covered in the media. I heard about […]

A Difficult and Complex Week

There will be a number of families and a number of police officers across the UK who have had a very difficult weekend of reflection – this has been a complicated and busy week in policing and mental health. Firstly, three West Midlands Police officers were cleared on Wednesday of perjury and perverting the course […]