Police stations are often poorly designed for the reception and observation of those who might not be just restless or over excited as a result of mental disorder, but unpredictably suicidal. Staff in police stations are rarely trained to deal with this situation. There is a widespread feeling among the police, among users’ and carers’ groups, and among social workers, that the use of police stations…is inappropriate for the management even of the
disturbed mentally ill.

Royal Society of Psychiatrists (1997)

Despite this, twice as many people are held in police custody as a “place of safety” under Section 136 of the Mental Health Act than are detained in a hospital environment, and approximately half of the people who die in police custody have some form of mental health problems.

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