NSW police urged to improve mental health training after string of deaths involving vulnerable people

Parliamentary inquiry finds NSW mental health care is reactive and crisis-driven' because it is chronically and severely underfunded

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New South Wales police have been urged to improve mandatory mental health training for officers and explore" becoming the second responders to these types of emergencies after a string of fatalities involving vulnerable people.

A parliamentary inquiry into mental health care across NSW made the recommendations after finding police involvement in mental health crises could cause further distress and had been harmful in a significant number of cases".

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