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Re:U.S. transition to 988 suicide and crisis lifeline begins... by adamredwoods on Saturday July 16, 2022 @03:57PM (#32121393)
Finally. This is excellent. Offloading mental health issues from the police is critical to reforming our country.

For some of the doubters on this initiative, NPR had a good discussion:

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/16/1111868486/calling-988-in-the...

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Re:U.S. transition to 988 suicide and crisis lifeline begins... by throwaway988 on Saturday July 16, 2022 @07:18PM (#32122835)
It's not reasonable to expect police officers to excel at everything. Maybe this is better.

That said, I recently had the opportunity to watch (at length) a team of officers deal with someone experiencing a severe crisis. I can hardly believe the level of professionalism and kindness they exhibited. I'm anon, so I'll admit it--I cried and cried after watching that.

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Re:U.S. transition to 988 suicide and crisis lifeline begins... by kelseyfrog on Saturday July 16, 2022 @04:12PM (#32121515)
Hope to see much more of this unbundling in the future.
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