People in a mental health crisis could be left with no one getting to them if police only respond to cases they deem an “immediate threat to life”, experts have warned.
Zoe Billingham, former Inspector of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue, said plans for the Metropolitan Police to roll back its responses to crisis calls were “ridiculous”.
The now-chair of an NHS mental health trust said: "If the police are going to step away from that role, the question is, who's going to step into it?
