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Podcast: Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald
Episode: John MacDonald: Change is desperately needed around police mental health call-outs
Description: Late last year, I had a catch-up with the Canterbury Metro Police Commander, Superintendent Lane Todd. It was just after there’d been a lot of chat about crime in the central city and whether we should be getting a police helicopter in Christchurch - all of that stuff. So I turned up at Police HQ in the centre of town and spent about an hour with Lane. It was a really useful meeting - especially when it came to getting an understanding of how much police are involved in mental health call-outs he...