Tēnā koe Rodney

Police acknowledges receipt of your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request below, dated 22 October 2024.

Your reference number is IR-01-24-37415.

You can expect a response to your request on or before 20 November 2024 unless an extension is needed.

Ngā mihi
Leo
Ministerial Services
Police National Headquarters

-----Original Message-----
From: Rodney Parsons <[FOI #28868 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2024 8:22 PM
To: Ministerial Services <[email address]>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Official Information request - Mental Health Withdrawal

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Dear New Zealand Police,

Please outline the steps that have been taken the public health risk related to the imminent police withdrawal from providing mental health responses.

Provide any health internal or external advice provided to police on this matter, including any estimates made on anticipated loss of life related directly to this policy recommendation, and financial or reputational risk assessment undertaken by police on this.

Outline the proportion of budget that is being witheld from police, corresponding to this service reduction and any discussions occurred about transferring this budget to FENZ, Ambulance and Mental Health services.

Yours faithfully,

Rodney Parsons

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