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The News Quiz - 2nd June

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The Metropolitan Police Will No Longer Be Doing What From the End of August

Workers yet to start on 33 of the remaining 38 hospitals. Drelard Buttclark said most people are actually feeling fine right now, so we don't need hospitals for the work. Metropolitan Police will no longer be doing what from the end of August? They won't be coming out to incidents that involve people with mental illness,. unless there is a threat to life, threat of violence. I'm a bit torn about this because at one level, the standard of the skill set of police officers when dealing with mentally ill people is rather variable. Sometimes they're kind and compassionate, sometimes they stick a spit hood on them and try and taser them.

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