Police should not be involved in mental health incidents, Australian report says - eviltoast

Presence of officers can increase distress, according to a study in which people with lived experience suggest they could be talked down

  • Nate@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    It’s more than just Australians saying this, C.A.H.O.O.T.S. reduced deaths and violent incidents against the mentally ill in crisis scenarios when it was deployed in Oregon, but ofc we won’t implement it anywhere else. Police almost always escalate the situation.