Responding to mental health incidents - Is policing about to abandon its social responsibility?

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Lydon, D. 2023. Responding to mental health incidents - Is policing about to abandon its social responsibility?
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This is an opinion piece bylined by the author for Policing Insight. The piece argues that the recent move by the police to withdraw from attending mental health incidents unless they involve threats to life, is a betrayal of social responsibility.

KeywordsMental health; Policing; Social responsibility
Date2023
Web address (URL)https://policinginsight.com/features/opinion/responding-to-mental-health-incidents-is-policing-about-to-abandon-its-social-responsibility/
JournalPolicing Insight
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Print05 Jun 2023
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Deposited30 Jun 2023
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