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Have you followed up on those "trained mental health workers"? Yeah they stopped going on calls unless cops were present because they kept getting injured or u
by vorpalhex 4y ago
Have you followed up on those "trained mental health workers"?
Yeah they stopped going on calls unless cops were present because they kept getting injured or used as hostages.
- greenhorn360 4y agoThis isn't even remotely true. My city, Portland, etc. Have had great success with these programs. The vast majority of calls they respond to don't require police. Please cite your sources (or any evidence at all) if you're going to make statements like that.
- antiterra 4y agoGenuinely curious, do you have a source handy for that?
- bandyaboot 4y agoI did a search on this to see if I could find some source of what you’re referring to. Came up with nothing. Most of the information out there on this topic is in stark contrast to what you’re saying here.
- pstuart 4y agoYes, there's a model program in Eugene, OR that's being adopted elsewhere because of its success: https://www.vera.org/behavioral-health-crisis-alternatives/cahoots https://www.vera.org/behavioral-health-crisis-alternatives/c... It seems you're proposing that the only sensible option is always more cops.