AIBU to expect the police not to lock me up because I have severe claustrophobia.

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I haven’t actually committed any crimes ..but just watching one of my favourite TV shows …’24 hours in Police Custody’ and idly musing about what would happen if I ever did get arrested. I am severely claustrophobic and if I was locked in a police cell…or ..shudder…the back of a police van I would be a hyperventilating, hysterical wreck. I am normally very calm in a crisis but my irrational phobia of enclosed spaces or being locked in would be my undoing. What would the police do
in this situation. I guess they would still have to lock you up? Or would they be able to make reasonable adjustments..I’m genuinely curious..

I think they still lock you up. You won't die from hysteria and they know it. (Sorry).

'reasonable adjustments'?! Surely not. It's not a job interview...

I assume they'd have to get you seen by a nurse or something though.

I assume someone medical would assess you and decide what to do, they could sedate you maybe?

I don't think they take any of that into consideration,

Nothing. You’d be locked up like anyone else. They’d let the custody nurse know, and they’d pop by to see you, but there’s no special treatment. They’d probably think your claustrophobia claims were just nonsense, tbh.

Yes they’d lock you up. Use that as your motivation to not get arrested if you need any 🤷‍♀️

LOL. Of course they still lock you up. They don’t make ‘reasonable adjustments’ FFS. You don’t get special treatment because you’re scared. Being arrested and locked in a cell isn’t actually meant to be a comfortable experience.

No yanbu.

If you were arrested they would have to make reasonable adjustments including but not limited to:

• transporting you in an open top van
• leaving your cell door open save for when you require privacy
• noise cancelling headphones to relieve anxiety
• a safe space with neutral decor and calm, ambient lighting
• a friendship bench
• sticker chart for good behaviour
• an officer designated "mother" you can chat about your feelings with

I am very claustrophobic and I’m pretty sure they still lock you up. What else can they do? Sit with you constantly.

I know what you mean about it being an extra incentive to stay on the right side of the law.

I also have a real fear of ever being in handcuffs - due to the inability to scratch your face 😂

I’m watching the same show and just thinking that I could never go to jail because I have severe migraines and need my meds on me at all times. I’m feeling stressed at the very thought of it 😂

Easiest solution is dont get arrested

😭😭 reasonable adjustments

Sorry op - agree they'd just lock you up x

Many suites (the modern ones) have full glass doors so the DP can see outside. But if you presented a risk to yourself or other you’d have to be secured, if you self harmed the door would be open with PCs on cell watch at the door.

You’d also see the custody nurse, who might consider 136.m depending on the circumstances.

This. Are you planning on engaging in illegal activity @jojojoeyjojo?

@HauntedBungalow haha that made me laugh.
I guess I better forget about my plans for that multi-million pound bank heist then ..

Friendship bench, haha. I love it.

This is why we need the laughing reaction.

Tbf though, op, i cant be alone with my own thoughts or I'd lose it.

Defo wouldn't cope in jail and would be rambling and crying during the interview so much they'd get the ick and be irritated - defo wouldn't be a 'no comment' interview from me

Please tell me that DP stands for Dear Prisoner.

The sticker chart jumped the shark for me!

Just the thought of being arrested sets me off in a panic, to be honest its a large part of the reason I don’t do any crimes.

I worked in a police custody setting….you’d still be locked up.
if you’re prescribed medication by your doctor for it then you’d get it from the nurse on duty, only after 4-6 hours.
commit a crime and you’ll be treated like every other person that’s committed a crime.

@Fastingandhungry

What is 136.m?

Should I know what that is?

Whatever you do, don’t spit at them, as they’ll put a hood on you too…

Hahaha! That is sensational.

Tough night at work, DP shat in his hands and rubbed it on the walls.

I’d assume section 136 of the mental health act. It allows police to take people to a place of safety if they think it’s necessary.