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In reply to the discussion: Several years ago I was suicidal and called family. They called local PD to help. [View all]

MrScorpio

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23. One of the most dangerous things that can happen to a person...
Reply to Photographer (Original post)
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 04:48 PM
Jul 2016

Is having a mental health crisis, or even a medical crisis anywhere within the vicinity of the police.

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Several years ago I was suicidal and called family. They called local PD to help. [View all] Photographer Jul 2016 OP
How horrifying for you! CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2016 #1
Still here. Photographer Jul 2016 #2
Sorry to say I've heard or read of other instances where well-meaning or naive family No Vested Interest Jul 2016 #3
Many years ago, here in Lawrence, KS, a 22-year-old Native American, Greg Sevier, tblue37 Jul 2016 #20
Too many times this has happened Loki Jul 2016 #4
I'm very sorry you had to LuvNewcastle Jul 2016 #5
This is just so typical of the thugs in blue scscholar Jul 2016 #6
I dont blame you as most police are often not really trained well to deal with cstanleytech Jul 2016 #7
When I needed help from family Curtis Jul 2016 #8
Same thing here zwyziec Jul 2016 #9
2011: Cops killed a vet whose medical alert necklace accidentally went off to send a "help" signal. tblue37 Jul 2016 #21
Now that is pitiful. nt No Vested Interest Jul 2016 #28
I know a woman who called the cops after her boyfriend beat her up.... Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2016 #10
I'm so sorry. SheilaT Jul 2016 #11
Imagine if they had knocked on the door... roamer65 Jul 2016 #12
I went through similar undergroundpanther Jul 2016 #13
agreed yourpaljoey Jul 2016 #26
Many Involuntary Commitments november3rd Jul 2016 #14
I was once a University Police Officer............ mrmpa Jul 2016 #15
This is a great story Sgent Jul 2016 #17
The way you were treated is unacceptable. liberalmuse Jul 2016 #16
Sometimes people call for an ambulance and explicitly say not to send cops, but cops show up anyway, tblue37 Jul 2016 #24
Holy fuck. Sorry to hear that. La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2016 #18
"To Protect and Serve" bvar22 Jul 2016 #19
This is truly another group extremely victimized by the police etherealtruth Jul 2016 #22
One of the most dangerous things that can happen to a person... MrScorpio Jul 2016 #23
Or being deaf, developmentally disabled, autistic, in a diabetic coma, or in tblue37 Jul 2016 #25
Damn Skippy nt MrScorpio Jul 2016 #27
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