A disproportional increase in lower priority mental health-related calls to New Zealand Police between 2009 and 2016

Li, Judy; Newcombe, Rhiannon; Hendy, Ross; Walton, Darren

doi:10.1080/10439463.2018.1562452

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“…As part of this trend, suicide-related calls (attempts/threats to commit) increased similarly (Li et al, 2018). This study observed an increase in calls for service ultimately deemed by police to be of low priority, including calls that did not merit police attendance (Li et al, 2018). These findings are consistent with epidemiological research challenging the lay view that people affected by serious mental illness are disproportionately responsible for serious or violent crimes (Swanson et al, 2015).…”

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“…A recent study in New Zealand found a significant increase in mental health–related calls for service to the public police between the years 2009 and 2016 (Li et al, 2018). As part of this trend, suicide-related calls (attempts/threats to commit) increased similarly (Li et al, 2018). This study observed an increase in calls for service ultimately deemed by police to be of low priority, including calls that did not merit police attendance (Li et al, 2018).…”

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Private Policing and Public Health: A Neglected Relationship

Wood

2019

Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice

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Policing, in its various forms and dimensions, has indelible and complex connections to public health. The conventional functions of policing—promoting social order, security, and crime prevention—are animated by many issues easily framed by a public health lens (e.g., forms of violence, mental illnesses, drug abuse, homelessness). Policing with a crime control focus can make public health worse by criminalizing vulnerable people and undermining access to health and harm reduction resources. Conversely, policing with a health focus can help link vulnerable people to treatment and recovery-oriented resources. Recognizing these connections, researchers have largely focused on the public health effects of policing by the public police, and practitioners have worked to transform the public police with population health in mind. This article suggests that although this focus on transforming the public police is necessary to the advancement of public health, it neglects to understand connections between private policing and public health. This conceptual article argues for the need to widen our focus beyond the public police when exploring policing’s relationship to public health. This expanded view, I suggest, is important to discovering the ways in which the health vulnerabilities of people and places may be compromised by different policing mentalities and practices. At the same time, it may provide clues about ways in which policing beyond the police might creatively and virtuously promote public health.

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Private Policing and Public Health: A Neglected Relationship

Wood

2019

Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice

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“…Delusional callers who appeared 'low risk' were most often not deployed to -this is in accordance with clinical advice received by Hampshire Constabulary. Li et al ( 2018), reporting from New Zealand, analysed their increase in demand through mental illness. They found a similar rise in high risk threats of suicide calls but also a disproportionately large rise in non-deployment 'low risk' calls.…”

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Exploring the Growth in Police Engagement with Those Who Are Mentally Ill and the Developing Use of the Mental Capacity Act as an Alternative to Section 136 of the Mental Health Act

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Hunt³

2019

Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice

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Despite efforts of Parliament, the Home Office, police forces and health practitioners, the number of people detained under Section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983 continues to rise. By analyzing quantitative data from Hampshire Constabulary, this study describes in detail police engagement with the mentally ill. Findings showed how people in mental crisis were increasingly detained by the ambulance service using the Mental Capacity Act and taken to A&E Departments. Nationally, police officers were also found to be increasingly taking Section 136 detainees to A&E. The majority of people contacting Hampshire displayed delusions which were unlikely to result in a police response and may disproportionately account for the overall growth in contact with the police. The data suggest that ‘Triage’ schemes alone will not be effective in reducing detentions. Hampshire’s partnership and discretionary approach is successful in reducing detentions. Recommendations for policy, practice, and further research are provided.

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