Disorder in Broadmoor

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 […]

Both Less and More

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 […]

Emergency Application

I’m going to tell you a story – and it really is a story. It’s a composite of events, hypothetical answers to questions I’ve been asked in Coroner’s courts, questions posed when delivering training and following discussion on social media. It concerns the common-enough situation of someone encountered in a private premises when time may […]