2025/29095 - Street Triage Scheme

REQUEST

Street Triage refers to a service where police officers work in collaboration with mental health professionals (e.g., NHS staff or crisis teams) to respond to incidents involving individuals experiencing a mental health crisis.

Does your police force operate a Street Triage scheme as defined above?

(Yes/No)

If yes, does the Street Triage scheme cover the entire geographic area of your force?

Please provide the number of Street Triage incidents for each year as follows: 2021; 2022; 2023; 2024.

If data is unavailable for any of these years, kindly indicate this accordingly.

Is Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training mandatory for frontline officers in your force?

 (Yes/No)

If not, what mental health training is currently provided to frontline officers instead of (or in addition to) MHFA?

 Please include:

The name or type of training

Whether it is mandatory or optional

RESPONSE