Exclusive: Draft framework suggests officers could provide ‘outreach and transport’, catching union off-guard
The Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service wants a guarantee the new health-based response to public drunkenness will not involve police once it is fully implemented.The Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service wants a guarantee the new health-based response to public drunkenness will not involve police once it is fully implemented.
He said while he was supportive of decriminalising public drunkenness, the plan as outlined in the draft framework would place a “considerable burden” on first responders. “Rather than invest the time and money into developing a considered health-based response to those found drunk in public, they’ve opted largely to stick with the status quo.”Under the new health-based response, intoxicated people will have to provide consent to receive assistance from the “public intoxication service”, which includes immediate support such as providing minor first aid, food and water, phone charging and support to locate friends or family.
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