* as a side note, we're not allowed to contact the Police to DSH and other "might be" dangerous situations now, due to patient's rights, and threats of fines to Dispatchers for breaching data protection laws. We have to wait for crews to make a dynamic risk assessment as to if Police intervention is actually needed. What about the employers legal responsibility to ensure an employees health & safety at work? This onus should be pushed back onto the powers that be. It's not good enough for someone to say go & assess this job or that job, cos if it is a whirling dervish mad axe man armed with a tommy gun & samurai fountain pen, you ain't likely to finish your assessment to report it back to control. It might go something like this, " Hallo control this 1234 here, I have just assessed the situation & yes it is dangerous & I form that opinion because the patient has just shot me with a cross bow !"