Recommendation - Metropolitan Police, February 2021

In March 2020, a woman called police because she was worried about her brother. She explained that he suffered from depression and that she had not been able to contact him for two days. The call was graded as ‘significant’ and officers attended. They conducted basic checks but decided not to force entry due to the time of night. There was an intention to return the next day. Despite the call remaining logged by the control room, redeployment to the address did not take place until three days later when officers discovered the man dead. The evidence suggests that he had taken his own life prior to the police receiving the call.