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Legislation should be enacted that requires doctors and social
workers to disclose to the police information about mentally ill
patients who are likely to harm themselves or be a risk to the public.
This call has come from the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO)
following the publication of the inquiry into Michael Stone’s infamous
and murderous attack on the Russell family in 1996, which revealed a
picture of agencies not communicating with each other and losing
records.
Full story in bjhc&im November 2006 (488 words)
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