Question
How many Emotionally Distressed Persons (EMD) have PSNI responded to in
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
- 2024 YTD if available
Answer
Emotionally Distressed Persons (EMD) is not currently a category held within Police systems. We have provided NIPB with caveated figures of people in mental health crisis (from a data collection in 2023) and also provided figures on the number of concern for safety calls we receive annually, of which a significant proportion would relate to EMD. Right Care Right Person (RCRP), an initiative which the NIPB / Partnership Committee have been briefed on, is currently taking a deep dive into mental health related incidents, findings which will be shared with the Board over coming months.