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Originally Posted by ryan stewart
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Originally Posted by Sedan_Clan
Good advice! I second this. We'll place them on a 72-hour 5150 hold and hope they seek help following release. If the person meets the criteria of being a danger to themselves, a danger to others or gravely disabled, we can force the hold. It sucks though, because law enforcement interaction isn't what people considering suicide need……but we are tasked to deal with those situations anyway.
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That is why just lumping everything under the slogan of "defund" the police was such a bad idea. I think it was Houston's chief that said it correctly. You average officer isnt equipped to handle every situation, we should be dedicating funding in our police forces to other disciplines to work in tandem. Like how police show up to a fire to secure the scene, direct traffic, etc. There should be mental health experts in the department that go on-scene with an officer (who is there as a contingency, obviously things CAN get dangerous, especially with domestics).
But we work within the system we have, and the safest thing for YOU is to call for the welfare check. You have done your duty and, if they are lying, the police showing up and the threat of being put on a psych hold should prevent them from using that lie again. |
We actually have that. It's called our Mental Evaluation Team (M.E.T.). It consists of a deputy and a psychologist who respond to certain mental crisis calls in the field. Most progressive departments have something similar.