The Metropolitan Police's commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has said officers will no longer attend mental health calls unless there was a threat to life. He's given health services until August 31 until the Met starts its ban.
Officers spend an average of 10 hours with a patient when they are sectioned under the Mental Health act - and this happens 500-600 times per month in London, a Met spokesman said.
An inspection at Humberside found this had saved the force 1,100 police hours per month, and the public received 'more timely care from the most appropriate care provider'.
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