The Police and Crime Commissioner, Donna Jones, has introduced a Mental Health Deployment Coordinator role to make sure callers experiencing a mental health crisis get the right support. The new position will ensure vulnerable people who call the Police are professionally assessed by a specialist working in the control room to identify the right agency to support the person. For a long time, officers have attended to people in a mental health crisis which has taken them away from frontline duties. The new position, which is funded by the Police and Crime Commissioner, is being piloted in collaboration with South Central Ambulance Service with the aim to reduce the demand on policing by freeing up officer hours to ensure fighting crime and building safer communities can remain the Police’s core focus. PCC Donna Jones has said:
“The rise in the number of calls coming in that are related to people who are experiencing a mental health crisis is growing every year. That’s putting a lot of pressure on police resources and police time. “A trained mental health coordinator working in the control room will triage calls swiftly to identify the right agency to support the person in need thereby allowing more police time to be available to respond to the crimes. “The police are seldom the appropriate first agency to respond to those suffering mental health episodes. My ambition is to free up police time, increasing their ability to respond to crimes whilst ensuring those in need receive compassionate support from health professionals.”
The post supports the Right Care Right Person (RCRP) initiative that was introduced in July 2023 as part of a national partnership agreement rolled out across England and Wales. The approach involving the local NHS, ambulance trusts and local authorities is predicted to save around 1million police officer hours nationally each year. The effectiveness of the role will be tracked to determine the impact on freeing up police time and officer hours. Assistant Chief Constable Paul Bartolomeo of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary said:
“We really welcome this new role. It continues our 11 year journey of removing police officers from routine crisis care, and not over-policing vulnerable people. The role represents continued close partnership working with our colleagues in Health as we deliver on these shared goals.”
8 units, I couldn’t get a single unit out when I got burgled in Shanklin!! Maybe they’ve had a kick up the posterior
You need to say you have a suspected XLbully in the house 12 pucemen turned up48 hours ago to “masses”? The dog in question after being away from it’s family it was returned no more an Xl than a any other Heinz 48!. What a, waste of Police time and resources!
Drug debt?
oh dear oh dear!
Was it? I didn’t see that.
Talking from experience are we?
Nope,thats why i put a question mark,der!
8 unit’s out of Newport!. Free for all in Newport at the time. The bad guy’s will get wise and get distractions like this and then go on crime spree otherside of Island.
Shanklin must of been asleep
People like you make me sick when the police arrest somebody you still make pathetically childish comments.
I thought he was making rather a valid point.
round house kick to the throat and a few kicks to the temple de-escalates any situation
kill the cancer before it spreads
More dragged up scumbags will be along soon….
Showing a robber you don’t fear them, followed immediately with a measured amount of self defence violence is the answer. It’s the only language these scumbags understand. As far as I understand the law one can use a reasonable amount of force to protect yourself. If someone threatens you to hand over money I would consider it reasonable to disable them before they have a chance to run. You could reasonably assume that as they had ordered you to hand over money, the next thing they’d do would be to assault you so pre-emptive force is the answer. If that makes a victim a criminal, then the whole legal system is not fit for purpose.
The legal system is totally corrupt in this country, always has been and always will be….
Shame some of the units are not moving the vehicles that are parked along
Perowne Way on No waiting cones causing a disruption to motorists.
That would mean having to do something, my guess is they did not
drive down Perowne Way in the first place so they did not have to get
involved
They were quick at fining innocent persons who were sitting on benches
during Lockdown
I blame Island roads, apparently atherly road is deadly.
unbelieveable,this lot passed me yesterday driving like absolute idiots. i thought something really awful must be occuring.i do not think what happened in shanklin to be trivial but for god sake,talk about overkill !!
So many people sadly get killed around the country due to their
excessive driving speeds.
Not to worry there was a leaflet in with the Extortionate Council Tax bill
stating 75 more officers have been employed
What’s with the photo of the Commissioner smiling on the leaflet!
I remember the days when the Police were a professional service
Now it looks like a glamour ad!
Why does it always wear that blue tarpaulin???
Because that is the only colour B&Q sell
The new position, which is funded by the police and crime commissioner? So she funded it herself did she? Yet more lies from a tory
You utter twat Labour lover get an education
Ah, the irony
Hello king turd where’s you old strange friend old vc ? Have they finally lock him up
Hey turd muncher I do hope Old vc has been locked up he a dangerous to Young boys it because of his
controling mother he hate women
You that weirdo call Trevor who lonely and got no life
Wow! She almost actually did a bit of work herself then. Careful now Donna.
Mental health for attention seeking adults who cuts there own skin cause they can’t get there own way what a embarrassment
A very offensive comment !
Offensive to the English language too
Yes I am thinking of going down that road! better than working, Mental health my ASS.
11 yr journey !! WTF So one person for the whole of Hampshire and the IOW, full time or part time ?? Like the new Cowes station, good luck to the Coordinator !!
The Police need Mental Health Services, They’re All Corrupt as Fu*k!!
And like the Boss, most of them need to go on a diet for their Morbid Obesity and the Drain on Our NHS!! FFS!!
C orrupt
O ppresive
P ersecution
S ervices
The Biggest and Most Brutal Gangs in the UK!! 🙁
Why is it the minute you see the word “triage” you just know for sure you will be getting a poorer service with even more hoops to jump through…
Well done Donna.
Don’t let the ignorant on here get to you. Thanks to inbreeding the Island has a larger proportion of mentally ill people than most other places except where Asian people live in large groups as they do suffer mental health issues more than other races.
When the asylum at Whitecroft was closed, many afflicted were then allowed to live under the care in the community arrangement. This was a huge mistake, designed to save money, but when a individual home, and care worker, council tax, rent etc is all paid for by the state, then it has worked out far more costly than housing all imbeciles under one roof, and much safer for the public too.
So a good move to humour them with a non Police officer on the phone.
Is the Police and Crime Commissioner now deciding what staff to deploy where in the Force? Whilst she may be making the funding available for this post, surely it is the function of the Chief Constable to manage the operation of the Constabulary?
Maybe the Tories want certain crimes to be disregarded as mental health related.
Sounds like next year Donna will be wanting more money from our
Council taxes.
Plod could make millions of pounds on this island catching
speeding motorists
Motorists who drive whilst using their phones
Vehicles parking on Pavements and Double Yellow Lines
The island could make millions
Mr Khan in London would run this island the correct way.
How about STOPPING Motorists speeding on this
Lawless island.
Isn’t that all they do anyway?
She should try putting the fork down
Don’t be silly, she would chew her fingers off if she didn’t have a fork
About time too. I had a mental breakdown a while back and was reported missing. Didnt expect the police to turn up pointing tasers at me shouting and screaming. Felt absolutly terrified. I have autism and adhd , i was cuffed , dragged half a mile across woodland and fields by the scruff of my neck then left facedown in the road, still cuffed waiting for an ambulance. I still have scars over my legs from all the cuts i recieved whilst being dragged. I did not resist, i ask the officers to step back and give me space because they were scaring me , they jusy jumped on top of me, even refused me water as i lay utterly broken at the side of the road. No way to treat a man who is jn crisis and presenting no threat to any officers.