Mental Health Campaign: 'Police should not have care of mentally ill'
Mental Health Campaign: 'Police should not have care of mentally ill'
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The police should no longer be forced to care for the mentally ill, one of Britain's leading officers said yesterday. Commander Rod Jarman, who chairs the Association of Chief Police Officers' mental health group, told The Independent on Sunday that the police were increasingly being left "holding the baby" when it came to looking after mentally ill people ? something they are not trained to do ? because health and ambulance services treated the issue as low priority. |
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News entry number 3026 added on Nov 4, 2007 in the Health category.
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