Leicestershire Police

Our work in suicide prevention

We are often the first responders to incidents of sudden death, which could be a suicide. This can often mean advising next of kin and making them aware the death may have been be self-inflicted. We refer people who are bereaved, to help ensure they are offered support from the most appropriate agencies.

Our current priorities

Our current priorities are to develop and form the local strategic direction for suicide prevention across LLR. We want to influence commissioning responsibilities and structures across the wider partnership in LLR to ensure that opportunities to prevent suicide are optimised. We want to encourage local partners to work individually and collaboratively to deliver the National Suicide Prevention Strategy.

We aim to promote collaborative arrangements across LLR and where appropriate to establish task and finish groups to complete reviews and develop commissioning plans for specific service areas. We also encourage responsible reporting of suicide in the media, promote mental wellbeing in the wider population, and engage with commissioning organisations, such as Clinical Commissioning Groups, and Local Authorities.

Our current challenges

Complete rollout of bereavement services