Chief Inspector Mark Bolt has just returned from a six-week fact-finding mission to the USA.
The purpose of the trip was to see how police forces in the USA deal with individuals in mental health crisis. It was funded as a part of his Winston Churchill Fellowship for 2013.
Mark said: “This issue is high on the agenda of British policing and it is hoped that the UK can learn from our counterparts across the pond.”
Mark visited Chicago, Hartford, Arlington and Baltimore, and were specifically chosen as they have well-developed programmes dealing with those in need....
Last week I wrote about how unemployment had affected me and how I got through it. One further thought came to mind in terms of survival techniques. Over the last year I have come to realise how critical it is for me to find ways of testing myself.
After years of the 9-5 (and in truth many more of the 8-7) I was looking for a bit of excitement and in the last year I’ve found a variety of ways to spice things up.
I guess the first example of this was going travelling by myself. About 2 days into my redundancy I was whinging to a friend about how bored I was...
