to ask whether you've ever been arrested?

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And if so for what?
And what was your experience like?

don't all speak at once!

He had no reasonable cause to think that I was going to hurt him either though. It would have been quite clear that the only person I intended to hurt was myself.

Taken in back of a police car for self harm, but to hospital, not arrested . They said they were more concerned for my safety than anything else .

Once in hospital they discovered I had a horrendous UTI causing the massive decline in mental health .

I was arrested and cautioned at 13 for shoplifting. I hadn't even stolen anything, it was my friend but we were both dragged into the back office to wait for the police.

I still remember the dread I felt waiting for my mum to pick me up from the station.

Yes, in my early twenties. I got a phone call from the police while I was at work one morning, telling me that my ex had reported me to them for harrassment and asked if I could pop into the station after work to be arrested and interviewed under caution! So I did, they had a number of photocopies of text messages I had sent to ex. He had told me a few weeks previously he wanted a break from the relationship and subsequently started shagging a woman in my friendship group and texting me to tell me all about it. He had only shown the police the messages I had sent him. The police were trying to twist these messages into something sinister, so I texted him something along the lines of how karma would catch up with him one day and the police interpreted this as me sending him death threats. I explained my texts were part of a conversation and they asked me to turn on my phone to show them his messages. I did. As soon as I turned my phone on I got a load of messages from ex gloating about how he'd had me arrested, asking if I was having fun at the police station and asking if I wanted to meet him for sex later. I left that police station with the female police officer giving me a hug and begging me to stay away from nasty ex. He got a visit later that day from them that day warning him to leave me alone and threatening to charge him with wasting police time! Idiot!

No.

Yes, I have, in front of my children. I literally fell apart, was hysterical, coppers didn't give a shit. The custody sergeant saw I couldn't even stand up because I was so hysterical so they called for an 'appropriate adult' to be with me and put me in a nice side office rather than a cell. My solicitor (who was awesome), basically told me he'd get me released asap but if I didn't calm down, then a doctor would be called and I'd probably be sectioned. Two hours later and I was safely back home with my children! I never want to be in that situation again, not ever.

Not arrested but I have been interviewed under the terrorism act 😂

Not arrested but interviewed under caution after a scrap with my adult step-daughter that she started and pursued despite me trying to get away from the situation. I was picked up a few days later at home in front of my teenage DS as she had waited to make the complaint. I was interviewed about "domestic violence" and just gave my account as calmly as I could, and was told that if the CPS thought it worth pursuing they could contact me - never heard another thing. Very scary at the time.

I split with my then DH but am now in contact with step-daughter via FB and see her occasionally. She has had a terribly dysfunctional life but now has her mental health under control and a lovely daughter of her own, so no point in bearing a grudge. Life just gets very complicated sometimes...... could have been worse !

Twice. Once for common assault and once for disturbance of the peace or something to that effect. No charges. All before 18.

No, but I have been arresting people myself

Yes because my ex had me pinned down on the bed and I grabbed the nearest thing I could to whack him with and it happened to be a glass. Got let off no issues

Nope. Never got caught

Op you stated that it was clear that the only person you intended to hurt was yourself- intended which means you could of changed your mind plus I'm guessing when you woke up in the morning you didn't intended to get drunk and harm yourself?...

It seems your putting all the blame and the treatment at the station on everyone but yourself.

Yes. I was kept overnight and cautioned. I was in a very bad place, it was horrible although the police officer who interviewed me was excellent and sympathetic. I don’t recommend it, don’t find it funny and still worry about having a caution on my record for job applications/visas.

got better things to do than wasting police time with stupid behaviour.

Well, that's the weirdest argument I've ever come across for avoiding arrest. 'Every time I consider committing a crime, I wonder whether I'm going to waste police time, and then don't do it.'

Yes, during a peace protest years ago. I was one of about ten people chained onto a very cool elderly Quaker's wheelchair, which meant they had to take us all in a van together before looking for cutters, and the whole thing was an amiable sort of circus in the end with a lot of hymn-singing and cups of tea and police trying not to laugh.

Were you in your house at the time?

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Just to say they were wrong to charge you with affray if you were, and also wrong because from your telling of it the housemate want involved in any violence or threats
which is probably why they didn't show up

Yes when i was 18. My partner had attacked me and my friend. My friend was trying to help me when his friend joined in.

The police came and arrested 3 of us. I had a caution, my partners case ( ex ) went to court and i dont remember what happened with the other man

The police were really kind to me. My ex was known to the police so looking back i think they could see i was caught up with the wrong people. The cell was grim and it didnt flush, you had to ask them to flush it and ask them for toilet paper

But they gave me a blanket and a pen and paper, brought me lots of cups of tea and kept checking in on me to see if i was ok. It wasnt a pleasent experience but it wasnt the worst, you hear a lot of stories about them being horrible to people but they were very kind to me considering id gone in there for punching somone

I have, and have no excuse for it like everyone else seems to!

I was young, stupid, and egged on by my even more stupid friend at the time. I got in a fight with someone and assaulted her - I was blind drunk and had absolutely no reason to fight with her, my friend did though. We both got arrested and pleaded guilty and got community service.

It's to date the most mortifying and embarrassing thing I have done. I am constantly reminded of it when I have to apply for jobs and I never know whether to disclose it or not (it's spent, now). It's the biggest regret I have in life!

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No. The transport police made me drink a pint of coke at Victoria station before they'd let me get on a train. (I may have stumbled over after a Christmas works do). They were very lovely and I was very apologetic mortified

Breach of the peace when I was 16 and thought I knew it all, road protesting. They just told me not to be a stupid wee girl and piss off home. I can't remember if I was charged or cautioned, but nothing has ever shown up on a number of enhanced DBS checks so I assume I was just booted...

It seems your putting all the blame and the treatment at the station on everyone but yourself.

To be honest - I don't even think about it now. The idiot who claimed he was fearing for his life, remains an idiot in my eyes. When I was released, it was part of my bail, that I couldn't go back to that house. Therefore I was homeless. So I ran in front of a bus in desperation and was hit by said bus. I was then sectioned and eventually given emergency accommodation by the council after a battle with psychiatrists. They couldn't release me back without accommodation to go to apparently, so I was kept an extra two nights in a psychiatric hospital, as I had nowhere to go.

Yes. Accessory to Fraud.

There were several of us arrested as a result of our then-Director's dealings. He was imprisoned, we were released without charge.

Yes. I was very mentally unwell, walking around with a knife and trying to carve my face off.

Despite me being highly abusive to the police officers they were very kind. They kept me in the cells over night and only let me go once I had a doctors appointment sorted for that day. They also sorted my transport home.

I'm incredibly embarrassed about the whole thing and feel awful about the things I must have said to the officers.