Metropolitan Police officers will stop attending mental health emergency calls from September
The force's commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has written to health and social care services to say police will no longer attend after August 31 unless there is a threat to life.
It comes after Humberside Police introduced a similar policy, known as Right Care, Right Person in 2020, with mental health professionals dealing with calls.In his letter, seen by The Guardian, the commissioner wrote: "I have asked my team that the Met introduce RCRP this summer and withdraw from health-related calls by no later than August 31.
He continued: "We are failing Londoners twice. We are failing them first by sending police officers, not medical professionals, to those in mental health crisis, and expecting them to do their best in circumstances where they are not the right people to be dealing with the patient. "The extent to which we are collectively failing Londoners and inappropriately placing demand on policing is very stark."
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