⟡ The Night They Sent Police Instead of Help ⟡
Filed: 1 May 2025
Reference: SWANK/IOPC/2025-DISABILITY-BREACH
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I. £1.1 Million for Every Minute They Ignored the Law
This evidence was submitted to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) following a safeguarding-triggered home visit by the Metropolitan Police Service, which breached:
A lawful written-only communication adjustment
A documented medical crisis (respiratory collapse)
Established trauma diagnoses
All disability accommodation duties under the Equality Act 2010
They didn’t come to assist.
They came to discipline.
Not with force — but with presence, silence, and procedural shock.
II. They Read the Adjustment. Then Came Anyway.
The evidence outlines:
Forced attendance without emergency justification
No advance notification
Refusal to correspond in writing
Escalation after lawful safeguarding complaints had been filed against the council
Presence during acute asthma collapse
This wasn’t policing.
It was punishment in uniform — for the crime of requesting protection.
III. Why SWANK Filed It
Because disability adjustments are not optional.
Because when a system retaliates, the police shouldn’t deliver it.
Because the presence of law enforcement during medical trauma is not neutral — it is an act of gaslit provocation.
Let the record show:
The harm was witnessed
The policy was breached
The silence was strategic
And SWANK — filed it with legal clarity and fiscal notation
This wasn’t failure.
It was a structural message: don’t ask for help again.
IV. SWANK’s Position
We do not permit the language of law enforcement to obscure its role in silencing the disabled.
We do not confuse safety with obedience.
We do not allow trauma to go uncosted.
Let the record show:
The adjustment was in place.
The officers were aware.
The presence was unlawful.
And SWANK — filed for £1.1 million.
This isn’t a complaint.
It’s a financial ledger of state-licensed endangerment.