11 Oct 2023

Frontline police officers often doing job of health services - union

From Checkpoint, 5:33 pm on 11 October 2023

The Police Minister and the Union are united in their view, that frontline officers are too often doing the job of health services.

More and more, officers are responding to mental health callouts, and the union says it's pulling them away from their core duties.

The Police Minister told the union's annual conference she agrees it shouldn't be happening.

Bill Hickman was there.