Letters to the Editor: Limerick life crisis team could draw inspiration from its name

A reader hopes the new team being initiated in October will focus on three words — community, access, and support

Jim Cosgrove expresses the hope that those dealing with people in distress will focus on restoring the person’s dignity of self in the round rather than simply solving an immediate risk. iStock 

Security Correspondent Cormac O’Keefe (Irish Examiner, September 24) flags the imminent operational launch of a life distress crisis team in Limerick. It aims to support and ease the engagement of statutory systems in dealing with acute life-distress/disturbance scenarios.

Apparently, the idea originated via policing quandaries in the course of dealing with disturbed citizens deemed at risk of harm to self or other. Called a community access support team, it is to operate from a Garda station in Limerick with a mix of health professionals plus gardaí.