@mentalhealthcop says police need more mental health training AND mental health workers need police/legal training - basis of effective partnership working #mentalhealthpolicing
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@mentalhealthcop quotes a #serviceuser to police: “You are not the paramilitary wing of the health service” - too often police relied upon to play a coercive role - must be a partnership b/n police & health services #MentalHealthPolicing
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@MentalHealthCop says the problems of #mentalhealthpolicing are only partly about police, much more about about other services, yet police are seen as 100% of the solution - it doesn’t make sense
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@MentalHealthCop says vulnerable victims - ie with mental illness or disability - want to be listened to, taken seriously by police, not to be dismissed as ‘unreliable’ #accesstojustice #mentalhealthpolicing
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@MentalHealthCop asks what should the role of police be in relation to mental health? Ideally to support mental health trained professionals, not to be first or primary responders #MentalHealthPolicing
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@MentalHealthCop police trained to respond to violence by containing, restraining, reducing risk. But when mental health involved, may often need to respond as a #medicalemergency. Different training required #mentalhealthpolicing
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@MentalHealthCop says for #policing to be effective where #mentalhealth concerned, we need to involve #ServiceUsers to inform practice #ExpertsByExperience #MentalHealthPolicing
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