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Re:Zero arrests in 6 months of health care professionals rep... by Benjammer on Thursday February 04, 2021 @10:29PM (#26032761)
Is the risk alone a "very big" risk? Or are you saying the difference in risk of this happening with a cop vs. a medical person is a "very big" difference? Are cops not also able to commit someone involuntarily? Why are you talking about objective "very big risk" without comparing it to the current situation and what is different about this?

I did a google search for "can a police officer commit someone to a mental ward" and this is the first result, from harvard: https://blog.petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2014/11/25/short-ter....

This says that a police officer is also able to commit someone in most jurisdictions. Why didn't you also mention this fact?

FUD

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Re:Zero arrests in 6 months of health care professionals rep... by aaronbrethorst on Friday February 05, 2021 @02:43AM (#26034039)
I'd rather take my chances with a medical person than an amped-up dude carrying a firearm with basically no chance of getting fired (let alone imprisoned) if he shoots me.
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Re:Zero arrests in 6 months of health care professionals rep... by Flozzin on Friday February 05, 2021 @10:23AM (#26037281)
This is what I was looking for or I was going to post myself.

Why is the risk of being involuntarily committed so much greater than having a cop do the same. Or a cop just throwing you in jail? The anecdotes of peoples loved ones being 'committed and only getting released when the money runs dry', seems far more preferable than their loved ones being thrown in jail and released when they can pay the bond. Or sit in jail and wait for a judge.

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Re:Zero arrests in 6 months of health care professionals rep... by Benjammer on Friday February 05, 2021 @02:52PM (#26040444)
>being thrown in jail and released when they can pay the bond. Or sit in jail and wait for a judge.

Or shot to death on site because the cop doesn't have (enough?) training to deal with a mental health episode without resorting to violence.

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