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Met police plan to stop attending most mental health calls prompts concern

Mental health leaders say among other issues strategy risks excluding people with protected characteristics

The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2023

OPINION - The Met is right to call the Government’s bluff on mental health funding

Police in Britain have a wide remit — they are relationship counsellors, playground attendants, debt advisers, dispute invigilators and speaking clocks, called to resolve anything from a flooded street to a neighbour playing music late at night.

Evening Standard · May 31, 2023

The debate over police and mental health crisis care

The Metropolitan Police will no longer attend emergency calls linked to mental health incidents from later this year, the force’s commissioner has confirmed.

The Week · May 31, 2023

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How Humberside police’s pioneering policy on mental health calls paid off

The force is attending fewer incidents and has the best arrest rates in the country – and now the Met is copying its approach

The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2023

Tuesday briefing: The Met police is taking a step back from mental health crisis care – but who steps in?

In today’s newsletter: From September the force will stop attending to non-urgent mental health care calls – but should they? And who else steps in if they don’t?

The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2023

Met Police plans to cut back on attending mental health callouts branded 'ridiculous'

Head of Metropolitan Police, Sir Mark Rowley, says officers should be focused on fighting crime but this view has left people "alarmed" for those needing mental health assistance

Daily Mirror · May 29, 2023

More time needed to fill gap left if Met cuts mental health response – RCP chief

Sir Mark Rowley has written to health and social care services to say police will no longer attend after August 31 unless there is a threat to life.

The Independent UK · May 29, 2023

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The Guardian view on the Met’s mental health ultimatum: a deadline is not a solution

Sir Mark Rowley is right that mentally ill people should not be looked after by police officers. Ministers, not health workers, are to blame

The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2023

Met plan to stop mental health response will leave thousands ‘without support’

Health groups raise alarm after Sir Mark Rowley says he will order officers not to attend 999 calls about mental health incidents

The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2023

Anger at 'ridiculous' Met police plan to curb mental health 999 visits

The Metropolitan Police Commissioner is set to ban police officers in his force from attending thousands of calls they get every year to deal with mental health incidents

Daily Mirror · May 29, 2023

Concerns over ‘alarming’ plans for Met police to stop attending mental health calls

Sir Mark Rowley has written to health and social care services to say police will no longer attend after August 31 unless there is a threat to life.

The Independent UK · May 29, 2023

Met officers to stop attending mental health incidents ‘alarming’

Sir Mark Rowley has written to health and social care services to say police will no longer attend after August 31 unless there is a threat to life.

The Independent UK · May 29, 2023

Met Police officers to ‘stop attending mental health incidents’

Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley wants police to spend more time on their core roles with experts helping those in need

Evening Standard · May 29, 2023

Met Police officers to stop attending mental health incidents

Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley wants police to spend more time on their core roles with experts helping those in need.

The Independent UK · May 29, 2023

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The Independent UK · May 28, 2023

Met police ‘to stop attending emergency mental health calls so officers can focus on crime’

Sir Mark Rowley is reportedly concerned officers are spending too long dealing with mental health incidents

The Guardian - UK · May 28, 2023

Met police to stop attending emergency mental health calls

Exclusive: move will come into force on 31 August and will only be waived if a threat to life is feared

Evening Standard · May 22, 2023

DPP hits back at Met chief by suggesting police are not bringing enough cases

Max Hill’s comments follow Sir Mark Rowley accusing the Crown Prosecution Service of ‘cherry-picking’ easy cases to boost its conviction rates’

The Guardian - UK · May 21, 2023

The Crown Prosecution Service isn’t ‘cherrypicking’. It’s making the right calls

Letters: In all the domestic abuse cases where the CPS took no further action, it had made the right decision, says chief inspector Andrew T Cayley, while Duncan Woodhead of the FDA union also rejects claims of ‘cherrypicking’

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The Guardian - UK · May 18, 2023

CPS ‘cherrypicking’ cases to prosecute, say senior police chiefs

Sir Mark Rowley and Craig Guildford suggest service in England and Wales taking only ‘easy cases’ to court

Evening Standard · May 18, 2023

OPINION - The Standard View: The justice system is failing Londoners at their time of greatest need

Britain’s justice system is on red alert. Today the Met Commissioner criticised the Crown Prosecution Service, accusing it of failing victims of crime by “cherry-picking” cases to artificially enhance conviction rates.

Evening Standard · May 18, 2023

Met chief Sir Mark Rowley accuses CPS of failing victims by ‘cherry-picking easy cases’

‘We need to target difficult cases and let juries not lawyers decide’, Sir Mark Rowley said

Evening Standard · May 15, 2023

Met chief Sir Mark Rowley ‘crazy’ for not accepting the force is institutionally racist, says Louise Casey

The Met Commissioner rejects the use of term ‘institutional’ to describe the force’s problems - but does accept the findings of Baroness’s damning report

The Independent UK · May 12, 2023

London police chief rejects complaints of heavy-handed response to coronation protesters

London’s top police officer has defended the department from complaints of a heavy-handed response to protesters during the coronation of King Charles III

Evening Standard · May 12, 2023

Met’s actions during Coronation prevented ‘much more serious questions’, Sir Mark Rowley tells Sadiq Khan

Met Commissioner told the London Mayor ‘no major operation is ever perfect’ as Scotland Yard continues to face criticism

The Independent UK · May 12, 2023

Met’s actions during coronation prevented ‘much more serious questions’ – Rowley

Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley told the London Mayor ‘no major operation is ever perfect’.

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