NYC pilot tries mental health responders in place of police

Re:NYC pilot tries mental health responders in place of police by rhizome on Saturday November 14, 2020 @10:35PM (#25098006)

Are you implying that enough people can't be trusted not to shoot at police with their guns that it justifies an armed response to every call everywhere in the entire country?

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Re:NYC pilot tries mental health responders in place of police by burke_holland on Sunday November 15, 2020 @12:16AM (#25098458)

I think it’s more like if you are a first responder, the math tells you whomever you are dealing with has a gun. That changes the dynamic entirely.

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Re:NYC pilot tries mental health responders in place of police by lifeformed on Sunday November 15, 2020 @12:32AM (#25098538)

The math doesn't say that - the 120 per 100 figure is misleading: obviously everyone doesn't own a gun. About 22% of people report owning a gun. So yes, a high figure, but the chance of someone owning a gun AND currently carrying it brings that number down a bit. I do agree that it's still quite a dangerous situation regardless.

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Re:NYC pilot tries mental health responders in place of police by shadowgovt on Sunday November 15, 2020 @12:34AM (#25098550)

1 in 5 is still far higher than UK first responders have to deal with.

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Re:NYC pilot tries mental health responders in place of police by rhizome on Monday November 16, 2020 @09:09PM (#25119589)

Well then let's run the numbers: which math are you talking about, the number of guns? My question stands, then. After that, where is the line that changes the dynamic "entirely?"

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