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Then you should call the mental hospital, not the police
Mental hospitals don't have people on hold can leave on zero notice and drive across town with light and sirens. The police are out there all over and are supposedly trained to deal with all kinds of situations that do not need escalation and shooting people in the face. At least in the world outside of USA.
That's why every civilized country educates officers for years, not just 3-4 weeks.
That's your problem right there: not their job description in the US, which is to do everything wrong & get qualified immunity. In the US, the police are the wrong people to call.
Ambulances are a thing
Yeah, except ambulance personnel are primarily trained to take care of wounds and injuries and not physically violent individuals. That's where police come in.
Potentially violent, and because the police are not trained health professionals it is sub optimal.
"Sub optimal".
Ok dude.
EMT are trained to stabilize and transport.
We need to stop pretending that we can take a group who's responsible for one thing, and apply them to something completely different, just because we don't want to pay to have the right kind of people. That kind of thinking is shitty boss thinking. It's like your boss trying to get the plumber to do drywall because he doesn't want to pay for both.
Don't be a shitty boss.
while they're at it the medics can tell the person to "calm down" and try "not being sad".
Tried that. They send cops to escort the psyche nurses, they absolutely get in the way. Ended up traumatizing my buddy even more, he jumped out the window. We didn't see him for four days.