Contact with a man before his death - Nottinghamshire Police, August 2017

On 30 August 2017 Nottinghamshire Police officers were called to an incident whereby an elderly man had got off from his care home’s minibus in Newark and refused to get back on it.

Officers eventually detained him under section 136 of the Mental Health Act in order to take him by ambulance to a mental health facility in a hospital so he could be assessed. While in the mental health facility his breathing became laboured and he was transferred to the A&E department for treatment. His condition deteriorated and he was pronounced dead.

Having reviewed all the evidence available, our investigation found that the Nottinghamshire Police officers involved had not caused or contributed to the man’s death and had acted with compassion and humanity throughout their contact with him.