An investigation into complaints made about the treatment of a man with epilepsy - South Wales Police,

On 7 March 2020, a 19-year-old man and his family were visiting relatives in South Wales. The young man had severe epilepsy and psychosis and had recently been released from a specialist epilepsy hospital. During the family visit, he experienced a psychotic episode which led him to become distressed and aggressive towards his father. The man’s mother phoned for the police to attend, to take him to a place of safety. Two police officers arrested the man for assaulting his father. They detained him using manual restraint, incapacitant spray and two sets of handcuffs. Other officers arrived at the scene to take witness statements from the man’s parents. The man’s parents provided the man’s prescribed epilepsy medication, which was taken to custody by one of the arresting officers. The man’s parents stated that they told officers that their son had epilepsy and learning disabilities and would need to take his …