`It is a crisis` - Police Association laments loss of funding mental health crisis initiative
(WorldNews New Zealand)

The Police Association is lamenting the cancellation of a pilot scheme which would have seen mental health workers sent out with police on crisis calls, saying it would have helped them improve their service dramatically. Chris Cahill says the plan, proposed under National, would have made a real difference. Source: Breakfast The scheme was proposed under the National government, and would have been implemented...