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The Mentally Ill in Crisis: What is the Role of Law Enforcement?

By Lloyd MacKinnon | Nov 13, 2019 | Critical Incident Response, Officer Safety

My patrol officers and I responded to the city park on a report of a homeless person acting strangely, which is a common call we receive. Upon contacting this man, we could immediately see he was mentally unstable. Whether this condition was something he had been born...