Involuntary psychiatric commitment in D.C....help for 45 is available

[Tanuki]

11. The "DC law in question" can be found in the 122 pages of the Government of

the District of Columbia Department of Health's Official Code, Title 21, Chapter 5: Hospitalization of the Mentally Ill. Anyone can find this online and I have most definitely "bothered" to read the relevant sections. I don't claim to have any personal knowledge of 45's mental health beyond his own tweets and what I read in the news, but it is reportedly an open secret in Washington that his mental health is widely questioned by those who are in a position to observe him closely. If there is probable cause to believe that he has a mental illness and that he is in danger of injuring himself or others, he can be transported without warrant for observation and diagnosis.

Section 21-521:
"An accredited officer or agent of the Department of Mental Health of the District of Columbia, or an officer authorized to make arrests in the District of Columbia, or a physician or qualified psychologist of the person in question, who has reason to believe a person is mentally ill, and because of the illness is likely to injure himself or others if he is not immediately detained, may without a warrant take the person into custody, transport him to a public or private hospital, or to the Department, and make application for his admission thereto for the purposes of emergency observation and diagnosis. The application shall reveal the circumstances under which the person was taken into custody and the reasons therefor."

I stand by my original post.