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We were horrified to see that someone experiencing a crisis was treated so violently by police. It doesn’t have to be this way. There are programs in place to appropriately respond to people when they need the community’s help. bit.ly/35G3S2E
People experiencing an acute mental health episode need a health response. The PACER model – a mobile health response comprised of a mental health clinician & police member - has been shown to work by de-escalating incidents and expediting access to appropriate mental health care
PACER also provides an opportunity for underlying legal issues to be addressed. People with mental illness are vulnerable to the experience of legal problems, and are over-represented in the criminal justice system, often as a result of negative interactions with police.
THREAD: For those concerned about the police incident in Epping here is some insights from our submission to the Royal Commission into Victoria @RCMentalHealth which can be read here policeaccountability.org.au/wp-content/upl…
Our client work over almost 40 years has indicated strongly that people living with mental health conditions face significant risks of death, disability, injury, humiliation and other forms of detriment when in contact with police.
Our clients with mental illness describe excessive police contacts, stops and searches. They receive
inappropriate fines and charges (including assault police and resist arrest). They experience
criminalisation, hospitalisation and imprisonment.
inappropriate fines and charges (including assault police and resist arrest). They experience
criminalisation, hospitalisation and imprisonment.
"The Victoria Police employ a risk-based system that classifies young people who have been in conflict with the law as ‘youth network offenders (YNOs)’ or ‘core youth network offenders" @DrLWeber1 @MigrationMonash #VicPolWatch Thread:
"A senior local officer explained: ‘We can run that tool now and it will tell us - like the kid might be 15 - it tells how many crimes he is going to commit before he is 21 based on that, and it is a 95% accuracy. It has been tested.’
"Young people who participated in this study said they were often asked about their age, identity and friendship networks and required to account for their presence when they were gathering in public places, using public transport or simply walking along the street."
