TW: Psychosis and being charged by the police

[posted edited by moderators - Australian State of police removed; TW added]

Sorry everyone, this might be a heavy one. I would just like to know if anyone out there has had experience with dealing with the Police as a result of a psychotic episode? My husband had a major psychotic episode earlier this year which meant that I had to call the police to ensure they would take him to the hospital.

TW: delusions

After the incident, the police contacted me to say that one of the officers had made an allegation of some sort of assault against my husband and that there would be an investigation after his return from hospital. My husband's lawyer advised him to go to the interview at the police station and just say no comment. Now, my husband is pretty much under control and follows his treatment, he's still being followed by a case worker every fortnight. We had not heard from the police, so I was hoping they would not pursue. But now, he has just been contacted by them to say he has a court date in February at a social justice court. They have not sent the paperwork to his lawyer yet, so we don't know what the charge is exactly.

Needless to say, my husband is massively anxious about it: he's worried about potentially going to jail (even though his lawyer said it would be unlikely), he's worried about what to tell the kids, he's worried about how this will affect his job, etc...

I would just like to know if anyone out there has ever heard of such hard ball stance from the police? I called them to help my husband go and get treatment, I had no idea they would bother to make a case against someone this vulnerable! I can't help but feeling angry and like we're being treated unfairly. I would love to have insights from others on this issue. Do you think that the Police are covering themselves to justify the fact that they use tasers and capsicum spray in that situation? Please let me know if this is a common occurence, all the doctors were surprised when we told them about the police's decision.