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"A former police officer is suing the Met Police for 1 million compensation claiming she developed a phobia of police stations after being repeatedly exposed to "harrowing" and traumatic scenes at work. Kirstie Coy-Martin says her mental health was ruined by years of having to investigate crimes against children, including attending "harrowing" scenes of abuse and child death. Lifelong surfer Ms Coy-Martin, 52, later spoke of using her time on her board as a "safe space""
"but says her career was ended in 2023 due to the "triggering" of her PTSD by everyday work experiences, including being sent paperwork with a logo showing a baby's foot. In the end, she was so fragile she would be triggered into a panic attack simply by being told to attend a police station, she claims. The "excessive stress" she was placed under led to her suffering a massive breakdown, which resulted in her being retired due to ill health in 2023."
The Independent requests donations to fund on-the-ground reporting across issues such as reproductive rights, climate change and Big Tech while maintaining a paywall-free model. A former police officer, Kirstie Coy-Martin, age 52, is suing the Met Police for £1 million, alleging PTSD and a developed phobia of police stations after repeated exposure to harrowing child-abuse scenes. She left frontline child-abuse work in 2016 but says routine work triggers culminated in a massive breakdown and retirement on ill health grounds in 2023. She reports panic attacks from routine police-related stimuli and distress from reminders such as paperwork logos.
Read at www.independent.co.uk
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