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Finally. This is excellent. Offloading mental health issues from the police is critical to reforming our country. For some of the doubters on this initiative,
by adamredwoods 4y ago
Finally. This is excellent. Offloading mental health issues from the police is critical to reforming our country.
For some of the doubters on this initiative, NPR had a good discussion:
https://www.npr.org/2022/07/16/1111868486/calling-988-in-the-u-s-will-now-get-you-help-for-a-mental-health-crisis https://www.npr.org/2022/07/16/1111868486/calling-988-in-the...
- kelseyfrog 4y agoHope to see much more of this unbundling in the future.
- throwaway988 4y agoIt's not reasonable to expect police officers to excel at everything. Maybe this is better. That said, I recently had the opportunity to watch (at length) a team of officers deal with someone experiencing a severe crisis. I can hardly believe the level of professionalism and kindness they exhibited. I'm anon, so I'll admit it--I cried and cried after watching that.