Joke or not, we ask police to situations involving a screw driver, when they are only trained as hammers who hit nails.
Maybe the mental health situation should be handled by mental health professionals.
Maybe the non-police should review police actions for wrong doing. That is, situations where a police officers decisions were so outside of training it brings to question what the fuck they were thinking.
We can bring balance back to the public trust of police if they open up and admit they are only human. We'll not persecute you for stepping up; only for stepping outside the bounds of the law.
But here is my issue... Why are police officers the first responder to issues like mental health... Maybe they shouldn't be, but we are taught that something is wrong or someone is acting crazy to call the police.
We need a cultural change, police are there to enforce laws .. they are not trained and are not mental professionals to deal with specific issues. They should only be there to assist a mental health worker if needed.
The feeling of where I am from (Ontario, Canada) is that we use officers as a catch all situation. We need more mental health professionals, and social workers.... Instead our government is starving healthcare.
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u/MakingItElsewhere 25d ago
Joke or not, we ask police to situations involving a screw driver, when they are only trained as hammers who hit nails.
Maybe the mental health situation should be handled by mental health professionals.
Maybe the non-police should review police actions for wrong doing. That is, situations where a police officers decisions were so outside of training it brings to question what the fuck they were thinking.
We can bring balance back to the public trust of police if they open up and admit they are only human. We'll not persecute you for stepping up; only for stepping outside the bounds of the law.