Acting deputy commissioner Mark Kelly tells coroner that Queensland’s existing Mental Health Act causes ‘confusion’
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One of Queensland’s most senior police officers says the state’s mental health legislation should be amended to make it easier for police to intervene when a person’s mental health makes them a risk to others.
Acting deputy commissioner Mark Kelly told the New South Wales coroners court on Wednesday that Queensland’s Mental Health Act had caused “confusion”.
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