Police officers are increasingly
confronted with confused people who cause public disturbances or have become
violent. While in 2011 the police was
called 40,500 times to deal with those with psychological problems, in 2013 the
calls increased to 52,000. The police
trade union, ACP, wants a study made to analyze whether or not the police are
able to cope with these people who are not criminals. ACP
chairman, Gerrit van de Kamp says that the police had warned the authorities
about this problem when the budget was cut for mental health care. Now the problem has moved to the Dutch
streets and neighborhoods.
http://www.spitsnieuws.nl/binnenland/2015/02/politiebond-wil-onderzoek-naar-verwarde-mensen
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