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Can confirm. I've never felt in danger around an Australian police officer, despite the fact they're packing. I reckon even if I did something stupid around th

• angry_octet 8y ago
  You wouldn't want to be mentally ill though. Two cases spring to mind where (young, inexperienced) police shot people without cause. In one case, at a large park, shot a youth, with no one nearby, because he had a $2 steak knife. In another case, in the person's home, where the police had forcefully entered because of a report they might have been suicidal.
  • jazoom 8y ago
    That's really sad, and I don't doubt at all that these things happen, but they are so uncommon, even for the mentally ill, it just isn't something I'm worried about. I've actually been pretty impressed at how restrained QPS officers are with how they deal with drunk and psychotic people. I was involved in a fair bit of this while working as a doctor in ED, as well as while working in a psychiatric unit. If I was going to be mentally ill, I think Australia would be towards the top of my list somewhere of places I'd want to be.