Government Legislation - Let's ensure police receive training in mental health Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/government-legislation-lets-ensure-police-receive-training-in-mental-health.html Online petition signatures en-us Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:27 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition mr drew brace [Signature #226] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16085438?utm_medium=rss Fri, 1 Nov 2013 10:31:25 UTC 16085438 Anonymous [Signature #225] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15846898?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 Sep 2013 05:22:07 UTC 15846898 Mr Robert Battersby [Signature #224] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15558400?utm_medium=rss Wed, 24 Jul 2013 05:27:13 UTC 15558400 Ms Anonymous [Signature #223] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14103400?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Nov 2012 07:43:54 UTC 14103400 Ms Malena Rodriguez [Signature #222] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13866252?utm_medium=rss I was a victim of the section 136 of the MHA, one of many, read my story. The danger is not the police lack of training, not just the exacerbation of symptoms that they cause but the way social services then use the fact of "police involvement" to CRIMINALISE innocent individual, when the only thing they have done "wrong" is to be ill.

http://nonevidencebasedbarnetsocialservices.blogspot.co.uk/

]]> Tue, 2 Oct 2012 07:27:15 UTC 13866252 Mr Shmuel Ellison [Signature #221] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12678765?utm_medium=rss Please also support Mindfreedom and International Association Against Psychiatric Abuse - no forced drugging

]]> Fri, 4 May 2012 03:17:11 UTC 12678765 Anonymous [Signature #220] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12304958?utm_medium=rss i have been on receiving end of police unsure how to treat mental health. this is a must in training.

]]> Fri, 2 Mar 2012 09:25:33 UTC 12304958 Miss Ellen Herlaar [Signature #219] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12304817?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Mar 2012 08:42:47 UTC 12304817 Miss Brooke Bickley [Signature #218] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12304338?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Mar 2012 06:10:04 UTC 12304338 miss Anonymous [Signature #217] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12303588?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Mar 2012 03:13:30 UTC 12303588 miss amanda cannon [Signature #216] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12302709?utm_medium=rss brilliant cause and i totally agree.

]]> Fri, 2 Mar 2012 01:08:35 UTC 12302709 miss Marisa White [Signature #215] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12302688?utm_medium=rss brilliant cause and i agree fully. have experienced the same issues numerous times.
hopefully together we can kick start this campaign again and get some public recognition. hopefully together we can get the government to implement change.

]]> Fri, 2 Mar 2012 01:04:32 UTC 12302688 Mr Adrian Marlow [Signature #214] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11698059?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 Nov 2011 07:43:31 UTC 11698059 Dr Anonymous [Signature #213] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10943099?utm_medium=rss I fully support the need for improved Mental Health awareness in all aspects of society and particularly in frontline services such as the police.

]]> Tue, 2 Aug 2011 05:31:16 UTC 10943099 Ms Olivia Townsend [Signature #212] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10937853?utm_medium=rss Mon, 1 Aug 2011 04:50:43 UTC 10937853 miss mandy johnston [Signature #211] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10728479?utm_medium=rss Thu, 23 Jun 2011 06:06:15 UTC 10728479 Mrs Elke Wallace [Signature #210] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10414153?utm_medium=rss Mental Health First Aid should be part of any core training for police staff ... and advanced training in mental health issues should form part of any training for police staff who deal with the general public.

]]> Sun, 8 May 2011 08:54:29 UTC 10414153 MISS Anonymous [Signature #209] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10371128?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 May 2011 06:10:05 UTC 10371128 Miss Louise Pearce [Signature #208] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9319280?utm_medium=rss Sun, 16 Jan 2011 04:41:38 UTC 9319280 miss Elizabeth Dyson. [Signature #207] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9317549?utm_medium=rss My Belief as a Christian is that all people have a right to be treat with respect and dignity.

]]> Sun, 16 Jan 2011 01:28:24 UTC 9317549 mrs sharron currie [Signature #206] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9153741?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Dec 2010 01:56:01 UTC 9153741 Anonymous [Signature #205] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9091122?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Dec 2010 10:04:27 UTC 9091122 Mr Cee-jay Hamilton [Signature #204] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9060631?utm_medium=rss Police need to stop calling people who suffer with mental health problems 'attention seeking'.

]]> Tue, 7 Dec 2010 02:07:30 UTC 9060631 MR Alex Joyce [Signature #203] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8839059?utm_medium=rss police need to sort themselves out, you all think you big and bad, but in reality you have no control and when you do have control you pick on people who don't retaliate. SORT IT OUT !

]]> Sat, 6 Nov 2010 06:35:06 UTC 8839059 Jordan Jaftha [Signature #202] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8823635?utm_medium=rss Wed, 3 Nov 2010 01:54:02 UTC 8823635 Miss Naomi Whitty [Signature #201] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8823446?utm_medium=rss Wed, 3 Nov 2010 01:24:20 UTC 8823446 Miss Samantha Siddall [Signature #200] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8792760?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Oct 2010 05:35:22 UTC 8792760 Miss Hannah Bree [Signature #199] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8781588?utm_medium=rss Tue, 26 Oct 2010 09:26:24 UTC 8781588 Miss Louise Adair [Signature #198] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8772040?utm_medium=rss I am affected by mental health issues and recently when i took ill the police were very rude to me and made me feel like a crimminal and treated me really badly i was covered in bruises, and i felt even worse and now im scared of the police.

]]> Sun, 24 Oct 2010 05:30:58 UTC 8772040 miss Lauren lee [Signature #197] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8760927?utm_medium=rss Fri, 22 Oct 2010 05:45:41 UTC 8760927 Louise Cowan [Signature #196] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8741134?utm_medium=rss Mon, 18 Oct 2010 03:51:40 UTC 8741134 Mr dominic davies [Signature #195] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8740924?utm_medium=rss Mon, 18 Oct 2010 03:17:51 UTC 8740924 Miss Lucy Hill [Signature #194] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8738694?utm_medium=rss Mon, 18 Oct 2010 09:18:26 UTC 8738694 mrs kristal sanders [Signature #193] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8735266?utm_medium=rss This also needs to be EVERYWHERE not just the UK.

]]> Sun, 17 Oct 2010 07:09:27 UTC 8735266 Mr Arj Subanandan [Signature #192] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8734898?utm_medium=rss Sun, 17 Oct 2010 05:24:12 UTC 8734898 Mrs Liz Gilliam [Signature #191] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8734688?utm_medium=rss Sun, 17 Oct 2010 04:32:03 UTC 8734688 miss claire ricketts [Signature #190] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8734610?utm_medium=rss Sun, 17 Oct 2010 04:15:15 UTC 8734610 Ms Anonymous [Signature #189] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8734020?utm_medium=rss Sun, 17 Oct 2010 01:59:50 UTC 8734020 Ms Alice Crook [Signature #188] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8734002?utm_medium=rss Sun, 17 Oct 2010 01:53:43 UTC 8734002 miss Michaela-amy betts [Signature #187] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8733902?utm_medium=rss Sun, 17 Oct 2010 01:35:14 UTC 8733902 Mr Mark Drybrough [Signature #186] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8724827?utm_medium=rss Fri, 15 Oct 2010 12:28:20 UTC 8724827 Ms Vanessa Trentham [Signature #185] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8696347?utm_medium=rss Someone with a metal illness may not react the way the police would expect and in some cases may lead them to think they are quilty when they are not. If they are witnesses or victims if the police are not understanding of their illness the stress could make the pesrson to ill to testify.

]]> Tue, 12 Oct 2010 10:25:23 UTC 8696347 miss jennifer turner [Signature #184] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8640587?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 Oct 2010 04:17:12 UTC 8640587 Mrs Ruth Albrant [Signature #183] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8610360?utm_medium=rss Thu, 30 Sep 2010 09:00:54 UTC 8610360 mrs jan Shevlin [Signature #182] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8576941?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Sep 2010 02:08:51 UTC 8576941 Ms Paula Lambert [Signature #181] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8541782?utm_medium=rss Fri, 17 Sep 2010 10:47:43 UTC 8541782 Mrs Eileen Ward [Signature #180] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8533632?utm_medium=rss With family experience of Mental Illness it is essential that people are trained to deal with Mental Health Issues as when the ill person is in a vulnerable position that they are dealt with appropriately and not treated as a criminal.

]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2010 05:36:40 UTC 8533632 MS Christina LIvingston [Signature #179] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8527528?utm_medium=rss Wed, 15 Sep 2010 10:14:09 UTC 8527528 Anthony Jones [Signature #178] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8522965?utm_medium=rss Wed, 15 Sep 2010 08:54:16 UTC 8522965 Ms Jean Cozens [Signature #177] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8522439?utm_medium=rss Wed, 15 Sep 2010 07:41:42 UTC 8522439 Zelda Jeffers [Signature #176] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8521176?utm_medium=rss A friend was recently seized by the police, he is now in a mental hospital and may be getting help but the way he was treated was not good. He has suffered a lot and further mistreatment agraveted his condition.

]]> Wed, 15 Sep 2010 05:11:38 UTC 8521176 R Smail [Signature #175] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8508165?utm_medium=rss Tue, 14 Sep 2010 02:46:48 UTC 8508165 Miss Laura Evans [Signature #174] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8506750?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Sep 2010 07:51:19 UTC 8506750 Ms Tahar Ramdane [Signature #173] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8501537?utm_medium=rss We, the undersigned, call on the UK Government to bring in legislation which will ensure that all police staff who come into any contact with the public whatsoever receive sufficient training in Mental Health, specifically Mental Health First Aid (MHFA).

Also, we, the undersigned, call for there to be a full review of the mental health training which police employees currently receive.

]]> Mon, 13 Sep 2010 12:02:50 UTC 8501537 Miss Anonymous [Signature #172] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8496000?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Sep 2010 05:35:16 UTC 8496000 Miss Eliazbeth Neill [Signature #171] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8495332?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Sep 2010 04:34:17 UTC 8495332 Mrs Sue Dawkins [Signature #170] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8494215?utm_medium=rss All emergency staff should have some basic training in mental health to help them have some understanding of public they meet.

]]> Mon, 13 Sep 2010 02:19:39 UTC 8494215 Ms Debra Pacheco [Signature #169] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8493114?utm_medium=rss Sun, 12 Sep 2010 07:17:47 UTC 8493114 Philippa Long [Signature #168] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8492219?utm_medium=rss Clearly the police need sufficient training in the needs of those who suffer from mental health problems so that any situation where any conflict is liable to arrise, it can be handled with sensitivity and understanding. This of couse willl help reduce misunderstandings and possible dire consequences during any confrontation. Such training will be valuable.

]]> Sun, 12 Sep 2010 04:14:41 UTC 8492219 Mr Thomas Connolly [Signature #167] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8491370?utm_medium=rss Sun, 12 Sep 2010 01:56:33 UTC 8491370 Emily Simon Thomas [Signature #166] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8490889?utm_medium=rss Sun, 12 Sep 2010 12:35:30 UTC 8490889 Mr Aaron McMeekin [Signature #165] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8490790?utm_medium=rss Sun, 12 Sep 2010 12:13:47 UTC 8490790 Miss Yolanda Kirkwood [Signature #164] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8490593?utm_medium=rss Sun, 12 Sep 2010 11:40:16 UTC 8490593 Anonymous [Signature #163] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8489272?utm_medium=rss Even when the Police claim to have been trained in Mental Health - they STILL abuse people by speaking to them in a patronising way, as if those who live with depression are stupid, thick and do not see what they - the police - are doing!!

]]> Sun, 12 Sep 2010 07:37:38 UTC 8489272 Anonymous [Signature #162] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8489184?utm_medium=rss Sun, 12 Sep 2010 07:23:19 UTC 8489184 Mr Thomas Prew [Signature #161] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8488463?utm_medium=rss Sun, 12 Sep 2010 05:17:48 UTC 8488463 Molly Wood [Signature #160] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8488087?utm_medium=rss Sun, 12 Sep 2010 04:07:15 UTC 8488087 miss emma smart [Signature #159] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8486726?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 Sep 2010 07:37:34 UTC 8486726 Mrs Sarah Bayles [Signature #158] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8485902?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 Sep 2010 04:17:25 UTC 8485902 Patricia Connolly [Signature #157] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8484992?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 Sep 2010 01:37:09 UTC 8484992 Mr Antony Sheffield [Signature #156] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8484977?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 Sep 2010 01:34:46 UTC 8484977 Mrs Margaret Hodgkins [Signature #155] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8484823?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 Sep 2010 01:08:49 UTC 8484823 Michelle Martin [Signature #154] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8484797?utm_medium=rss Police should be more understanding we are not crimals yet we get treated like we are ..

]]> Sat, 11 Sep 2010 01:04:19 UTC 8484797 ms susan lacey [Signature #153] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8484417?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 Sep 2010 12:00:41 UTC 8484417 Miss Michelle Daniles [Signature #152] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8484388?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 Sep 2010 11:56:46 UTC 8484388 Rasmus Svahn [Signature #151] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8484089?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 Sep 2010 11:08:46 UTC 8484089 M Byfield [Signature #150] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8484002?utm_medium=rss Mental Health is a serious matter for every body - any one can get it at any time of life. When it becomes Mental Illness (diagnosed & registered under community mental health teams) it is much much more difficult to cope and live. There are many people who are experienced with mental illness do exist within the police, solicitors, medical professionals etc, but they do not share their stories - WHY?

]]> Sat, 11 Sep 2010 10:55:40 UTC 8484002 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #149] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8483830?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 Sep 2010 10:29:25 UTC 8483830 miss aimee warburton [Signature #148] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8483818?utm_medium=rss i support!

]]> Sat, 11 Sep 2010 10:27:44 UTC 8483818 Miss Gwendolyn Cameron [Signature #147] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8483786?utm_medium=rss The mentally ill are being recklessly killed by law enforcement in America, via the overuse of stun guns and trigger-nervous professionals with more fear than training and compassion. PLEASE get more training in mental health; LIVES DEPEND ON IT.

]]> Sat, 11 Sep 2010 10:23:41 UTC 8483786 miss SANDRA BIRCH [Signature #146] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8483744?utm_medium=rss I AM A VICTIM OF POLICE BRUTALITY AND WAS UNDER THE MENTEL HEATH TEAM AT THE TIME, THEY MADE MY PROBLEMS SO MUCH WORSE

]]> Sat, 11 Sep 2010 10:15:24 UTC 8483744 Miss Anonymous [Signature #145] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8483586?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 Sep 2010 09:52:04 UTC 8483586 Leee Nicholl [Signature #144] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8483577?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 Sep 2010 09:50:45 UTC 8483577 miss helena jane cook [Signature #143] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8483512?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 Sep 2010 09:40:58 UTC 8483512 miss stephanie grant [Signature #142] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8483511?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 Sep 2010 09:40:51 UTC 8483511 Ms Lisa Garrison [Signature #141] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8483380?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 Sep 2010 09:21:37 UTC 8483380 mr jack hobbs [Signature #140] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8483369?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 Sep 2010 09:20:29 UTC 8483369 Miss Anonymous [Signature #139] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8483364?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 Sep 2010 09:20:01 UTC 8483364 Miss Carys Mckenna [Signature #138] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8483360?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 Sep 2010 09:19:40 UTC 8483360 Sue Ferus-Mancuso [Signature #137] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8483351?utm_medium=rss There is NOT enough AWARENESS in regards to this illness, it is MISS UNDERSTOOD!!!

]]> Sat, 11 Sep 2010 09:18:01 UTC 8483351 Ms Sophie Turner [Signature #136] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8483349?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 Sep 2010 09:17:22 UTC 8483349 Mr Anonymous [Signature #135] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8483335?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 Sep 2010 09:14:34 UTC 8483335 Mr Steven Hutchinson [Signature #134] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8483332?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 Sep 2010 09:14:00 UTC 8483332 miss Anonymous [Signature #133] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8483330?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 Sep 2010 09:13:13 UTC 8483330 Nat Fonnesu [Signature #132] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8479639?utm_medium=rss Fri, 10 Sep 2010 07:00:53 UTC 8479639 Ms Veronica Zundel [Signature #131] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8458663?utm_medium=rss Tue, 7 Sep 2010 05:48:33 UTC 8458663 Ms Rachel Perry [Signature #130] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8456607?utm_medium=rss They find us easy targets. When I was arrested the meds I needed were taken from me. They took no notice of me having mental health problems and kept me in a cell for eight hours at night for no particular reason. I had done nothing as was later acknowledged. Since the event I have had post traumatic stress and been unable to work. The effects have caused me many problems.

]]> Tue, 7 Sep 2010 12:17:47 UTC 8456607 Mrs Rosemary Lehan [Signature #129] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8453911?utm_medium=rss I believe there is a great need for police officers to be better trained to deal with mental health issues.

]]> Tue, 7 Sep 2010 04:36:15 UTC 8453911 Nicole Walters [Signature #128] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8420596?utm_medium=rss Tue, 31 Aug 2010 01:20:27 UTC 8420596 Kayleigh S [Signature #127] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8418794?utm_medium=rss Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:34:17 UTC 8418794