re: BREAKING: 2 OFFICERS DOWN BY RIOTERS - 09/23 Riot Thread - Stage: Louisville

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People who want to add counselor/social workers to ride along with officers aren't talking about sending them out to deal with violent cases. Can we stop with that shite already?

They're talking about sending them out to deal with people with mental health issues to free up police for crimes they should be addressing. It literally prevents officers from being put in a position where they're firing on a mentally ill person. If it gets violent and you can't handle it at that point, you call the police in. This is no different then counselors working in psych wards. We physically handle people like that all of the time.

The misinformation on both sides is so fricking annoying.

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horseshite! Misinformation?

How the hell can a 911 dispatch tell the difference in a mentally ill individual and someone strung out on drugs about to commit a crime?

Does your psych ward have weapons at the disposal of the mentally ill? Will the 911 dispatch be able to ascertain the degree of violence or non-violence from a emergency phone call?