The Man on the Tube

You will no doubt have seen social media footage and / or mainstream media coverage of the case of a man on the London Underground who was subject to a use of force by members of the public. I’m deliberately not widening distribution of that footage – it’s easy enough to find if you’re determined […]

Hitting the PFD Target

As many of you know, I’m currently wading my way through literally hundreds of cases of mental health (MH) police contact deaths (PCDs) with the aim of identifying as many as possible for my PhD research. Of particular importance to me is the Preventing Future Deaths notices which result from just over 50% of all […]

IOPC Contact Deaths Report

It’s that time of year again, where the Independent Office for Police Conduct releases their annual report about “deaths during of following police custody” and I dive in to search for various things. On this occasion, it didn’t take me long to see the report continues in a very familiar vein to those from previous […]