"Police stop receiving confused person

So says the commissioner of the Amsterdam-Amstelland, Pieter-Jaap Aalbersberg, Sunday in the broadcasting of The Monitor. "The police are there to catch criminals, not to take patients handcuffed in a car. We should not want to, 'says Aalbersberg.

The number of incidents of confused people has recently increased significantly. In 2015 there were over 65,000 in the police, an increase of 65% compared to five years ago. They are now treated as "normal" suspects, but according Aalbersberg should change come. ,, We have a repertoire and such a person is in chains. But that's not humane. This is a patient and there to do something with a social worker and not the police. ''

Stopping the transport police is one of the recommendations of the so-motivating team Confused Persons, which is working on a plan to better cope with confused people. ,, I think it is very important that people with disturbed behavior in an appropriate, not be collected or transported unnecessarily stigmatizing and traumatizing manner, '' late Minister Edith Schippers (Health) know.

,, Police, local authorities and care providers are working hard with it. We are now working on standards for the transport of persons with disturbed behavior. The coming period will be examined what are the best forms of transport. '

According Boaters will do between police, ambulance and mental health providers, but also with other parties, proper arrangements should be made. ,, The municipality hereby directs. "

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