The mental health option needs implementing prior to this level of insanity. Problem with that is those who need it seldom get it early. Then when they are feeling sane they stop because they are "cured".
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Considering the citizens are who pays for the first responders, who pays for the mistakes they make and who (supposedly) votes for those that write the policies and budget and practices of the first responders. I'd say it's actually the duty of the citizens to ponder and think about such things and if they feel things should be done better, to try to push for it.
The whole point of pondering and discussing it and going back and forth is to avoid a situation where a person suffering a mental health emergency is being a danger to others and the only tool the only person responding has on them is a gun.
The plan should be that those who decide to take a job as first responders have the tools, policies, staffing and training to resolve situations without loss of life unless it is completely unavoidable and held to the same standards or higher that the citizens are held to. Enabling them to do their job without the need to kill people mostly and also be able to be safe. I would probably also require staffing levels so there are always at least 2 or 3 police officers in the vehicle to show up for any call and not just 1 person by themselves. Again money that we don't spend because "social justice spending".
But unfortunately the political and administrative ruling class aren't interested in such things unless you start like burning down cities and overrunning police stations and horror... interfering with the collection of taxes. Then they will at least pay it lip service... right up until you forget and then they go back to running everything into the ground.
Yeah, this is where they needed one of those social workers with no weapons
Can you imagine, an emergency services van pulls up and a group of middle aged bespectacled men wearing tweed and smoking pipes jump out quoting Jung and Freud speaking about the pitfalls of repressed emotions and dissociation?
How about a compromise? Let the purple haired social worker try to de-escalate the situation. Then when she is laying in a pool of her own blood, try to arrest the crazy lady. The outcome will be the same. The murder charges would prevent the excessive force lawsuit and we'd have one less commie on government payroll. If we didn't need all the rainbow haired commies we can get before November, we wouldn't miss either of them.
I bet he regrets more than the truck, but I am sure he is on the cover of "VehiXX Rides of Walmart magazine
I think I've been to that strip club.
Just off I-75 near Warner Robins GA.
I can still smell the fat burning as she slid down the pole.
Style points awarded for dismount....
20 years in law enforcement this past year. We seem to get all the blame yet we are the first ones called when someone needs help. My county implemented a Mobile Crisis Team 2 years ago. End of December 2023 13 of the 20 positions were cut by the director of the Health Department that oversaw them. His reasoning is that we (the police) were over utilizing them for calls that we had traditionally handled ourselves such as suicidal persons, persons in a mental crisis requesting help, overdoses or unattended deaths where family were on scene and distraught. Even the local health department doesn't want to spend the money to help people. Just send the police. I have had people that have legitimately made an attempt to harm or kill themselves that I have taken to the local hospital for an emergency evaluation only for them to be released within 4 hours. 7 times they have left the hospital and successfully killed themselves. Twice I have been named in wrongfully death lawsuits as a result. Never has the hospital staff that said they were not a threat to themselves been named. I am trained for both the Taser and FN303. Only our swat team has the FN303. 6 Taser deployments in the last 15 years and only 1 was truly effective. Drugs, clothing, and other factors can and do limit its effectiveness. Currently unless someone agrees to go for an evaluation, I can't even force them to go to the hospital now. Families can get a court ordered evaluation issued by a judge but if the person says, "Fuck you I am not going", our response is OK see you tomorrow. I have been shot at, stabbed twice, almost run over with a car, and exposed to HIV, AIDS, Hep C and God knows what else on multiple occasions. Just in the last 5 years I have buried 8 of my friends and coworkers and been to over 15 funerals for others killed in the line of duty just because of the uniform they wore. We are treated in many areas like returning veterans from the Vietnam area were. I was diagnosed with PTS, depression, and anxiety in 2018 following a horrific call in 2017 where an infant was killed. My wife was pregnant with our son at the time. December 2017 and again August 2018, my sons first Christmas and his first birthday I ended up with a gun in my mouth ready to pull the trigger. The only thing that stopped me was the thought of that being my legacy for my son. I am far from being ok but I am much better that I was. My wife and a few very close friends made sure I got the help I needed in time in spite of what a commander at my agency thiught and said about me. Some of you assholes on here have brought me more laughter and smiles than you will ever know. My collection of stolen memories from here has resulted in my permanent bann from facebook. I thank you for that. All that being said until you are willing to put on the uniform and do the job yourself shut the fuck up about the outcome of that video. Military, first responders fire/police/ems see the worst of the worst on a daily basis. Teachers are not far behind in today's schools unfortunately. Yet all are expected to make a split second decision while being under trained, overworked, and unsupported by the people in charge only to be scrutinized and demonized by those that have never been in that situation themselves. As I tell each new police class when I visit the academy to teach certain blocks, saying it, doing it, and living with the aftermath are all 3 very different things. Weather it is taking a life, doing your absolute best but still failing to save a life, or everything in between. I lost zero sleep in the life that was lost in my fatal crash years ago. He was drunk and high on a motorcycle and crossed the center line striking me head on. I was almost completely on the shoulder trying to get out of the way. That was my 3rd of 9 diagnosed concussions. I have however spent countless sleepless nights and still do, tonight being one of them as i sit in my sons room listening to him snore and finding peace in the sounds, fighting the demons in my head while remembering those I could not save no matter how hard I tried weather they be friends, enemies, or complete strangers.
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That's God's way of saying we should keep our eyesore garbage off of the beautiful landscape he created. Southern Minnesota is riddled with them.
May God bless you man, and keep you and your loved ones safe. I thank you for your service, and support law enforcement 100 percent. I hope you and your fellow Leo's know the majority of Americans feel as I do. I'll never pass an opportunity to shake their hand and thank them. I'm a gulf War vet, and have seen some shit, but I was young, single and that's been long behind me. I can't imagine doing it for so long with a family to take care of at the end of every day. Stay safe and healthy brother, and know that you're appreciated.
Have never drunk a latte, my coffee of choice is a very strong, black 8 oz mug, I have not found the secret code to ordering that when away from home so stick to ordering Bourbon....
Correct. This country does a very poor job with mental illness.
However most of that is by design.
We have the same sort of mental problem issues down here in Australia....
I don’t think those are native
Well said Sir. Thank you for your service.
