This is really what I thought "defund the police" was all about. You don't send people with guns drawn to someone if you suspect they might kill themselves by

This is really what I thought "defund the police" was all about. You don't send people with guns drawn to someone if you suspect they might kill themselves by hanging themselves in their own home. We can't rely on informal / social structures though. Maybe the old person is like that old man from the Disney Pixar movie up who refused to sell his house. If your neighbors resent you, it doesn't mean you must die.