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Melbourne Herald Sun - Austral
26 November 2005
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Ill need proper care ~ police
THE Police Association has defended officers blamed by the force watchdog for shooting dead mentally ill people.
The association's state secretary Paul Mullett said the officers should never have had to confront the mentally ill people who were shot.
"These people really shouldn't be out and about in the community," Sen-Sgt Mullett said. "It is police officers on the front line who have to deal with these people -- and they shouldn't have to. These people should be under proper care in proper accommodation."
Sen-Sgt Mullett said the responsible government departments should get more funding so they could ensure the mentally ill received better care.
He called for the policy of de-institutionalisation -- which puts the mentally ill out in the community -- to be reversed.
Sen-Sgt Mullett said the problem was not -- as the Office of Police Integrity is suggesting -- a lack of police training in how to handle the mentally ill or of police being too reliant on guns to resolve volatile situations.
"De-institutionalisation is the problem," he said.
"These people should be provided with proper accommodation. They shouldn't be in the community. De-institutionalisation is the real issue here.
"Our members have to attend these incidents and resolve them. Unfortunately, some result in fatal incidents."
Sen-Sgt Mullett was commenting after an OPI report released this week criticised police over their handling of the mentally ill.
The report revealed five of the six people killed by Victorian police since January 2003 had a mental illness or disorder.
It also said police failed to follow correct procedures in five of the fatal shootings.
Sen-Sgt Mullett yesterday said he was furious that the OPI had commented on the circumstances surrounding the six shootings when inquests were still to be held on five of them.
"Everyone involved in these shootings, including police officers, aren't allowed to comment prior to the coronial inquest," he said.
"What gives the OPI the right to make comments prior to the inquests when nobody else can?"
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