The force says patients and Londoners are being failed by the current system and that thousands of hours of police time are being lost each month.
The Metropolitan Police will no longer attend 999 calls linked to mental health incidents from September.
It's intended to allow police to focus on crime and its victims rather than dealing with people who need expert medical help.told The Guardian. "Health services must take primacy for caring for the mentally ill, allowing officers to focus on their core responsibilities to prevent and detect crime, and keep communities safe and support victims."
"In London alone, between 500-600 times a month, officers are waiting for this length of time to hand over to patients, and it cannot continue," said a statement.
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