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The panel said his actions were due to his mental health and gave him a written warning.\n'I'm gonna lock you up'\n\nThe hearing heard how the woman, who was known to police, had called earlier in the day saying she was suicidal and been seen by officers.\n\nHer mental health issues were flagged to the force as warning markers for self-harm.\n\nThe panel heard that when PC Hodgson and a probationary officer arrived at the house after she called again later in the day, PC Hodgson told the woman, who has not been identified, \"I'm gonna lock you up\".\n\nWhen she asked why, the officer said: \"Because you can't be trusted to look after yourself.\"\n\nFour times he asked her why she had called police again, and each time she said it was because she was suicidal.\n\nHe then asked: \"And what do you think the police can do about it?\"\n\nThe woman said: \"Help me and talk to me like [the police] did earlier… [and be] nice to me.\"\n\nThe officer replied: \"No, because that was earlier on. 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