Help police find our vulnerable
Lanarkshire Police Division have launched `The Herbert Protocol’.
The Herbert Protocol is an early intervention and risk reduction scheme to help find vulnerable people who are at risk of going missing.
The protocol is named after a war veteran of the Normandy landings named George Herbert, who lived with dementia in a care home. Mr Herbert went missing and sadly died while searching for his childhood home.
The protocol is for those who are at risk of going missing and live with dementia in care homes, with family or independently in their own homes. How to use the protocol: ■ Complete, in advance, a form recording all vital details, such as medication, mobile numbers, places previously located, a photograph etc.
■ Update the form regularly with any new information.
■ Keep it in a safe place, for example saved on a computer or within a care plan.
In the event of a family member or friend going missing, the form can be easily sent or handed to the police to reduce the time taken in gathering this information.
For more information please visit www.agespace.org/herbert-protocol or www.scotland.police.uk.
On November 6, police were called to assist staff from the Scottish Ambulance Service at Burnbank Road, Hamilton. The ambulance crew had earlier collected a drunk woman from another location in the Hamilton area, and had been conveying her to hospital when she allegedly became abusive towards the ambulance crew, and went on to slap the paramedic to the face and spat on her. A 46-year-old female was arrested and charged with alleged offences including an assault under the Emergency Workers (Scotland) Act 2005 and police assault.
On November 12 police were called to an address in the Uddingston area, where a disturbance involving threats that someone would be assaulted had been overheard by a neighbour.
On police arrival the disturbance had ended and persons still present were uncooperative. Police conducted a search of the area and traced a male nearby. The male was detained for a search under the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 and was found to be in possession of a window scraper. The male could not provide a reasonable excuse for being in possession of the item. A 24-year-old male was arrested and charged with alleged offences including possession of an offensive weapon.
In the early hours of November 13 police were called to the area of Chantinghall Road, Hamilton, where a house window had been smashed. While police were on route a second call was received reporting a suspicious male seen crouching down behind a car. A third call was shortly thereafter received where a male had been seen prowling in a garden area.
Several police units conducted a search of the area, during which they discovered several vehicle alarms in activation and vehicles with broken windows. Police traced a male who was allegedly within one of the vehicles attempting to start the ignition. A 25-year-old male was charged with alleged offences.