Summary: The police in England and Wales aim to reduce mental health call-outs from 80% to 20-30%. Patients detained under the Mental Health Act could see their waiting time reduced from 12 hours to one hour with the new plan. The police expect to save approximately one million hours of police time annually through this approach. The saved police hours will be utilized for increased patrolling, faster emergency response, and better crime investigation resources. The government will support the initiative by providing additional mental health ambulances and crisis cafes. ...

Wayne Couzens joked about sexual assault in newly released WhatsApp messages Kidnapper, rapist, murderer. Now we can add flasher to the list of Wayne Cousins' crimes. Already, he will never leave prison, but today he was sentenced to yet more time. For the offence against A, count 2 on indictment number T20206038. The sentence is one of 19 months imprisonment. The court was played CCTV footage of Cousins' car after one incident. His number plate clearly visible. Information that police had for three days before he killed Sarah Everard. The fact that no police came to find him or his black car to question him about these incidents can only have served to confirm and strengthen in the defendant's mind a dangerous belief in his invincibility. Could police have stopped him? An independent inquiry will seek to answer such questions. Now that Wayne Cousins' legal proceedin...