North Yorkshire Police says it's seen a 50 percent drop in the number of mental health incidents it attends after it bought in a new way of handling the incidents.
Assistant Chief Constable - Catherine Clarke - says the "Right Care Right Person" initiative has seen more incidents handled by health care professionals rather than police officers.
The new Right care Right person model that is being rolled out nationally means the police will be referring some incidents onto health professionals.
The number of mental health incidents attended by North Yorkshire Police has fallen by half in the last two months.
ACC Clarke says the Police are often not the right people to respond to mental health incidents.
The model is designed to ensure that the when there are concerns for a person's welfare linked to mental health, medical or social care issues, the right person with the appropriate skills, training and experience will respond to the issue.
It was introduced in North Yorkshire in January last year after being used previously by Humberside Police who reported that more than 1,000 officer hours per month have been reallocated to core tasks as a result of the programme.
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