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Samantha Lock

Scrutiny over NSW police handling of people in crisis

The NSW Health-led PACER program was "not up to the task", Mental Health Minister Rose Jackson said. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

A key mental health program used by police across NSW isn't good enough and should be fixed along with other programs across the state, the government concedes.

Mental Health Minister Rose Jackson said the NSW Health-led Police, Ambulance and Clinical Early Response (PACER) program had been "worthwhile" but was "not up to the task".

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