Police alone not to blame

Police officers are not trained to deal with the behaviours displayed by mentally ill patients.

Hence the reason why a second call was made for the mental health officer to return to the family home to assist the police.

The mental health officer is fully trained to take care and manage the behaviour of manic patients. So, given the circumstances of the critical situation, he should have responded to the call by the police, knowing that he, according to the newspaper, visited the family earlier in the day and was aware of the person’s behaviour.

The statement “he does not work after 4 pm” is not acceptable.

The police officers are not solely responsible for this unfortunate mishap. This is a grave insult to all relatives of mentally ill patients.

J MONSEGUE Diego Martin