Police and Crime Commissioner for Surrey and Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC) National Lead for Mental Health Lisa Townsend has welcomed the announcement of a new national partnership agreement between police and the NHS to improve the response to individuals in mental health crisis.
Karanta bayanin Lisa a ƙasa:
Police officers across the country are increasingly becoming the first port of call when someone is suffering mental health crisis when what they really need is proper medical intervention and support from health care professionals.
This all too often results in our already over-stretched police officers, who are doing their best to keep our communities safe, being diverted away from their core duties.
At a time when demand for our policing service has never been higher, we should not be putting even more pressure on our police officers by asking them to act as mental health practitioners in often difficult situations.
This is a crucial issue for policing and a longer term solution has been desperately needed for some time. Having met with the Policing Minister to raise PCCs’ concerns, I welcome the government’s commitment to work with policing and health to improve the situation and agree this new national partnership.
We know this issue cannot be resolved overnight but hopefully this is a big step in the right direction. I and my PCC colleagues will work tirelessly alongside police chiefs and local health partners to help realise this much needed change in direction, helping policing get back to its core duties and ensuring vulnerable people get the appropriate help and care they deserve.
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Lisa Townsend ta yaba da tsarin 'yan sanda na 'koma kan tsarin' 'yan sanda yayin da ta yi nasara a wa'adi na biyu a matsayin Kwamishinan 'yan sanda da Laifuka na Surrey
Lisa ta sha alwashin ci gaba da tallafawa 'yan sandan Surrey sun sabunta mayar da hankali kan batutuwan da suka fi dacewa ga mazauna.
Kula da Al'ummar ku - Kwamishinan ya ce kungiyoyin 'yan sanda suna kai farmaki ga gungun masu safarar miyagun kwayoyi bayan sun shiga aikin murkushe lardunan
Makon aikin ya aika da sako mai karfi ga gungun gungun layukan gundumar cewa 'yan sanda za su ci gaba da tarwatsa hanyoyin sadarwar su a Surrey.
Fam miliyan na murkushe halayyar rashin zaman lafiya yayin da Kwamishinan ke karbar kudade don sintiri masu zafi
Kwamishiniyar Lisa Townsend ta ce kudaden za su taimaka wajen kara yawan jami'an 'yan sanda da kuma gani a fadin Surrey.