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mike_c

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6. this troubles me, too....

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Sun May 25, 2014, 02:09 PM

May 2014

Frankly, police are among the LAST persons I'd like to see making psych evals of any sort.

The solution is not to police mental illness more closely, but to make the means of doing harm, especially guns, more difficult to acquire. That will lengthen the time available for intervention by more qualified professionals BEFORE someone who's mentally unstable becomes a mass shooter.

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Why do we expect our police officers to be intake personnel for the mentally ill? [View all] hedgehog May 2014 OP

Ronnie Raygun shut down the mental health hospitals treestar May 2014 #1

The problem wasn't shutting down the hospitals phil89 May 2014 #5

I heard an interview on NPR of a woman who helped shut down the hospitals. Throd May 2014 #8

Assertive Community Treatment teams phil89 May 2014 #13

We've repalced virtual prisons (mental asylums) with actual prisons! hedgehog May 2014 #17

Experienced cops might be able to sense if someone is homicidal bluestateguy May 2014 #2

How often does the average officer encounter someone who is homicidal? hedgehog May 2014 #18

that is the system KT2000 May 2014 #3

It's more expensive than actual treatment, and of course it makes things worse. LeftyMom May 2014 #4

this troubles me, too.... mike_c May 2014 #6

It is a great question with substantial weight to it. Ilsa May 2014 #7

They do. upaloopa May 2014 #11

I'm glad your community has them. Not all of them do. Ilsa May 2014 #14

A cop in Milwaukee just killed a mentally ill man a couple weeks ago. postulater May 2014 #9

This us bull shit. Police are trained they can upaloopa May 2014 #10

It's not that cut and dried. Vinca May 2014 #15

Unfortunately, many hospitals are not prepared to handle someone in a mental health crisis. hedgehog May 2014 #19

Teachers are expected to recognize special children so that they can be referred for help. It is jwirr May 2014 #12

Because we so disliked all the other alternatives that we disposed of them. Igel May 2014 #16