FOI 310898
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 310898
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 12th February 2024. Please find below the response to your request:
- How many people diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia have outstanding arrest warrants for them obtained by your police force?
- What’s the longest period of time someone diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia has had an outstanding arrest warrant for them obtained by your police force?
- Please can you provide me with figures for the number of arrest warrants for paranoid schizophrenics obtained by your police force and the number of paranoid schizophrenics arrested by your police force for each of the last five years.
Reply
West Mercia Police hold the information you have requested.
- How many people diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia have outstanding arrest warrants for them obtained by your police force?
There are no outstanding fail to appear at court arrest warrants for people with a marker for paranoid schizophrenia.
- What’s the longest period of time someone diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia has had an outstanding arrest warrant for them obtained by your police force?
The longest period of time a person diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia has had an outstanding fail to appear at court arrest warrant for failing to appear at court is 216 days.
- Please can you provide me with figures for the number of arrest warrants for paranoid schizophrenics obtained by your police force and the number of paranoid schizophrenics arrested by your police force for each of the last five years.
The number of arrest warrants for failing to appear at court issued by court for a defendant identified with paranoid schizophrenia is:
2019 – 0
2020 – 1
2021 – 0
2022 – 1
2023 – 1
The number of paranoid schizophrenics arrested by West Mercia is:
2019 – 6
2020 – 9
2021 – 1
2022 – 12
2023 – 6
These are custody records which have a marker for “paranoid schizophrenia”