Police related deaths
PFD Category
Reports: 152
Areas: 51
Earliest: Sep 2013
Latest: 6 Jan 2026
87% response rate (above 63% average). 46% of classified responses show concrete action taken.
PFD Reports
152 resultsTimothy Clayton
All Responded
2013-0361-wp26757
11 Nov 2013
London Inner (North)
Kent Police
Concerns summary (AI summary)
Police improperly pressured the grieving family regarding organ donation, and an officer subverted the coroner's judicial decision, leading to the loss of six organs.
1 response
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Michael Sweeney
All Responded
2013-0236
23 Sep 2013
London North (Inner)
London Ambulance Service
Metropolitan Police
Concerns summary (AI summary)
Police training on 'excited delirium' is not widely understood by other health professionals, risking miscommunication and missed diagnoses of underlying medical conditions. Standardising the term to 'extreme agitation' is needed.
Disputed
(AI summary)
The Metropolitan Police Service has addressed potential information gaps for civil staff with practice notes and in-house training, and developed a detailed joint agency call-handling protocol with the London Ambulance Service. The Medical Director will encourage the adoption of shared terminology and increase awareness in emergency departments. The London Ambulance Service does not agree with the recommendation to use the term 'extreme agitation', preferring 'acute behavioural disturbance' (ABD). They have engaged with police and reviewed guidance, and raised the issue of terminology with the national Ambulance Service Mental Health Working Group, which will issue a position statement after consulting the Royal College of Psychiatrists. They will also share their response with the Pan London Emergency Department Consultants Group.