laresident wrote: I wish they would increase the funding over here. Far too many mentally unwell people in the streets. Usually also with guns.
We work very closely with the cops, but the cops are not trained in mental health issues. People go nuts in jail cells. The prisons are crowded with mad folk. I don't know if you've ever seen inside a prison, but they really are hell-holes for the mad. Part of our job is to get some of those poor souls into treatment. That is their law. If I see someone who may be mentally ill on the street I am legally obliged and discretly aware that I HAVE to help them. I have a legal and more importantly a moral responsibility to help the mentally unwell.
If you see someone on the street having a cardiac arrest, most people would help.
If you see somebody on the street having a mental crisis? Who helps? Us lot! People run away. That is not fair in any kind of democracy.
This cop spoke out though. A very brave man.
https://mentalhealthcop.wordpress.com/full-index/
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