Dear TiLamusse

Iacknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request
for the below information.  
Yourrequest is being actioned pursuant to the OIA.

Ngāmihi

Ministerial Services
PoliceNational Headquarters

 
To: OIA/LGOIMA requests at New Zealand Police <[New Zealand Police request email]>
From: Ti Lamusse <[FOI #10015 email]>
Date: 05/04/2019 03:38PM
Subject: Official Information request - Police callouts for mental health

Dear New Zealand Police,

I saw this article from February 2018 about police responses to mental
health crises. [1] 
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/...
  It states: “Police officers attended almost 35,000 mental health
callouts this past year; 14,491 mental health incidents and 19,672
attempted or threatened suicides.”

Please provide me with the following information, broken down by year as
far back as records permit:
-The total number of mental health callouts.
-The total number of mental health incidents.
-The total number of attempted or threatened suicides.

Yours faithfully,

Ti Lamusse

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Dear Ti Lamusse
I have been asked to let you know that Police requires an extension of
time in which to respond to your below request.
This extension is pursuant to Section 15A(1) of the Official Information
Act 1982, as there is consultation needed which prevents a proper response
to be created within the original time limit. 
Police require until 5 June 2019 to provide a substantive response to your
request. 
You have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review this extension. 

Kind regards
Ministerial Services
Police National Headquarters
 
To: OIA/LGOIMA requests at New Zealand Police <[email address]>
From: Ti Lamusse <[FOI #10015 email]>
Date: 05/04/2019 03:38PM
Subject: Official Information request - Police callouts for mental health

Dear New Zealand Police,

I saw this article from February 2018 about police responses to mental
health crises. [1] 
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/...
  It states: “Police officers attended almost 35,000 mental health
callouts this past year; 14,491 mental health incidents and 19,672
attempted or threatened suicides.”

Please provide me with the following information, broken down by year as
far back as records permit:
-The total number of mental health callouts.
-The total number of mental health incidents.
-The total number of attempted or threatened suicides.

Yours faithfully,

Ti Lamusse

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Dear Ti,

REQUESTFOR INFORMATION

Thanks for your Official Information Act (1982) request dated 18 March
2019 in which you requested the following information:

Please provide the following information, broken down by year as far back
as records permit:

 

·         The totalnumber of mental health callouts.

·         The totalnumber of mental health incidents.

·         The totalnumber of attempted or threatened suicides.

 

Below are tables showing the number of mental health and
threatens/attempts suicide callouts and incidents for the period from July
2014 to March 2019.

     No.of callouts for Mental Health & Threatens/Attempts Suicide

+------------------------------------------------------------------+
|  | Jul - | | | | | Jan - |
| | Dec | | | | | Mar |
| | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
|------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Mental Health |  9,330| 18,150| 18,418| 18,942| 21,471|  5,578|
|------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Threatens/Attempts|  7,311| 14,699| 17,303| 19,799| 21,806|  6,175|
|Suicides | | | | | | |
|------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total | 16,641| 32,849| 35,721| 38,741| 43,277| 11,753|
+------------------------------------------------------------------+

 

     No.of incidents for Mental Health & Threatens/Attempts Suicide

+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
|  | Jul - | | | | |Jan - |
| | Dec | | | | | Mar |
| | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
|------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+------|
|Mental Health | 13,295| 26,000| 26,873| 28,189| 31,693| 8,482|
|------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+------|
|Threatens/Attempts|  8,250| 16,310| 18,862| 21,650| 23,381| 6,431|
|Suicides | | | | | | |
|------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+------|
|Total | 21,545| 42,310| 45,735| 49,839| 55,074|14,913|
+-----------------------------------------------------------------+

 

The number of callouts is based on how incidents are reported to Police.
The number of incidents is based of Police assessment of the event. During
the response, an incident can be revised to more accurately reflect what
Police believe occurred.  

Pleasenote that above figures are publicly available from
[1]policedata.nz.Specifically, they are available from the Demand and
Activity Report.

In 2018, Policeintroduced a new database that improved the counting of
volumes of Police demand and activities. The above figures and the Demand
and Activity Report on policedata.nz are based on this new database.

Thesource article mentioned in your request was based on the previous
database. Therefore, the figures from the article may not necessarily be
the same.

I trustthis information is sufficient for your purposes. If you have any
questions regarding this data, please feel free to contact me via
[2][email address].

You havethe right, under section 28 (3) of the Official Information Act
1982, to ask the Ombudsman to review my decision if you are not satisfied
with the way I have responded to your request.

Yourssincerely,

Obert Cinco

Team Manager - Reporting

Evidence Based Policing Centre

New Zealand Police

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