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Please could I request the following information Under the Freedom of Information Act:
For each of the last four calendar years (2019, 2022, 2023, and 2024) could you please provide me with:
the number of individual arrests under sections 136 and 137 of the Mental Health Act;
the number of individual arrests of children, being under 18-years-old, under sections 136 and 137 of the Mental Health Act;
the number of individual instances when a police offer was physically harmed by someone whilst making an arrest or looking after someone under sections 136 and 137 of the Mental Health Act;
the number of individual instances of someone self-harming whilst in your custody; and
the number of individual instances of someone ending their life whilst in your custody.
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