David

During the inquest last December after the death of David Stacey in Leicester in 2017, his family requested he be known throughout the legal proceedings by his first name. The story behind David’s death is tragic and will be familiar to all AMHPs, police officers and mental health professionals across the country. The inquest returned […]

Street Triage Workshop

On Tuesday of this week, the College of Policing hosted a small workshop on street triage. It was an invitation only event to start gathering ideas about how to tackle a particular piece of work we’ve been set by Her Majesty’s of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMIC). In their 2018 Picking Up the […]

Adventures in 136 Land

Imagine this: you’re the police officer attending an incident where, despite your best efforts to do something different, you have no choice but to detain someone under s136 of the Mental Health Act 1983. You considered street triage, you called family and ultimately felt there was no other way, consistent with keeping this person safe […]