Addressing the Gaps: Improving the Police Response to Psychiatric Emergencies

2023-06-19 05:00:00

Since the Jonathan Jacob case, work has been done in the police approach to psychiatric problems. But there is still a large gulf between crisis psychiatry and the police.

Pieter Aerts (35) died on July 9, 2019 from eight police bullets. The police had been called to his home in the Plantin Moretuslei (Antwerp). His parents had called because they were concerned about…