{"id":357296,"date":"2026-03-31T19:24:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T19:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/357296\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T19:24:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T19:24:06","slug":"police-statement-after-mental-health-crisis-at-swindon-retail-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/357296\/","title":{"rendered":"Police statement after &#8216;mental health crisis\u2019 at Swindon retail park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Police said they attended the incident. at the Orbital retail park, in response to concerns for the welfare of a person on Tuesday, March 31.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The force said the &#8216;crises&#8217; had been safely resolved and the person involved was being given support.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A spokesperson for Wiltshire Police said: \u201cWe responded to a concern for the welfare of a person undergoing a mental health crisis at the Orbital shopping centre in Swindon.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cThe incident has been resolved safely and they are being given appropriate support.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  When life is difficult, Samaritans are here \u2013 day or night, 365 days a year. You can call them for free on 116 123, email them at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk\/news\/25985480.mental-health-crisis-swindon-retail-park-sparks-huge-response\/mailto:jo@samaritans.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">jo@samaritans.org<\/a>, or visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/samaritans.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">samaritans.org<\/a>\u00a0to find your nearest branch.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  According to one person shopping at the Orbital this afternoon, emergency service vehicles could be seen at around 3pm, with the incident ongoing for at least an hour.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The South West Ambulance Service Foundation Trust (SWAST) has been approached for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police said they attended the incident. at the Orbital retail park, in response to concerns for the welfare&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357297,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[134,554,555,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-357296","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-mental-health","10":"tag-mentalhealth","11":"tag-new-zealand","12":"tag-newzealand","13":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}