Welfare or Missing?

Some years ago, the (then) Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) investigated two separate incidents in a police force in the north of England where two separate ‘concern for welfare’ calls had been received. The call handlers had failed to identify that what was, in fact, being described was a missing person – probably because the […]

Section 18 MHA and Custody

A query from an east of England force today involved something referenced in brief across a few blogs but when I went looking for one to send across and explain the answer to their question, it was hard to find so an individual post is warranted, not least because the officer contacting me said they’ve […]

Sean Rigg

It is sixteen years today since the death of Sean Rigg at Brixton Police station. A mental health related, restraint related death in police custody after days of non-response to Sean in his deteriorating condition by mental health services, his death remains a tragedy. Having since met his sister, Marcia Rigg a number of times, […]