The ACT's Chief Police Officer will press the government this year on a revised model for mental health incident response across the territory, concerned that the presence of police at these incidents generally isn't in the best interest of the patients.
Deputy Commissioner Neil Gaughan, who this year will become the territory's longest-serving top cop in well over a decade, also expressed a concern that despite the funded expansion of a collaborative program with ACT Health and ambulance, about 40 per cent of police attendances remain mental health-related.
