A young woman has said she was made to feel like a criminal when officers attended her house for a welfare check.
Rebekah Smith was charged with attacks on two police officers when they called on her flat in Pleasant House, Staple Hill, in January last year after a report she had taken an overdose. Bristol Crown Court heard Ms Smith bit and spat at the officers - but she told a jury the officers were heavy-handed and she acted in self-defence.
The 26-year-old was cleared of any wrongdoing following a trial back in July and she has been urging police to have better training in handling people undergoing mental health difficulties as well as people of colour.
