Today, the police handle four times as many tasks with mentally vulnerable citizens

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March 2025

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Researchers behind the publication Lars Højsgaard Andersen, Camilla Hvidtfeldt and Thomas Woergaard from The ROCKWOOL Foundation. Marc T. Bærentzen and Lars N. Mikkelsen who also handled the 2018 analysis from the National Police.

This content is only available in danish (“Politiet håndterer i dag fire gange så mange opgaver med psykisk sårbare borgere”)

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Measuring the Trend in Police Tasks Concerning People with Mental Health Challenges in Denmark, 2008-2022

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