Health
‘Just putting out fires’: how police remain the default frontline in mental health crisis – The Guardian
A broken health system means people with mental illness are overrepresented in the criminal justice system and the first responders are often police
Australia’s mental health crisisA broken health system means people with mental illness are overrepresented in the criminal justice system and the first responders are often police
Kate* says she still has nightmares about the way she was forcefully committed to a mental health unit by police while suffering from acute mental illness that began after she was raped.
Two policemen ambushed me as I walked home from buying milk, screamed at me that I had been scheduled, threw me violently in the back…
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