Mental Health: The police force taking it seriously
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 มิ.ย. 2015
- It's believed that as much 20% of demand on police is caused by mental health-related issues.
The problem has long been misunderstood with people who are mentally ill, all-too-readily criminalised. But one of the UK's biggest forces, West Midlands Police, now has a specialist team to take sufferers into a place of care.
Last year it put just 6 people, who'd been sectioned, into custody. Before, that, number was as high as a thousand.
Dominic Reynolds has spent a shift with the Street Triage team to see how it works.