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Mental health authorities and advocates say care is most appropriately provided in the community, to avoid the need for emergency hospital care, but some say accessing care early on is challenging.
Exclusive: officers aren’t allowed to call mental health experts for help if someone is armed – but what happens when someone having an episode doesn’t pose a threat?
Exclusive: Experts say in order for legislation to be meaningful it must be backed by funding and include concrete directions
‘It’s not my fight, it is everyone’s fight and everyone has to work together so this doesn’t happen again’, says Judy Deacon
Exclusive: Comments come after Police Association boss claims the coroner does not hold the health system to as high a standard as officers