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Clinically-Inane t1_j2u5irx wrote

Reply to comment by Boats_are_fun in AG: Police shot and killed teenager allegedly armed with knife in Gilford | New Hampshire Public Radio by ACOdysseybeatsRDR2

This seems like a very good time to remind everyone reading this that calling the cops on someone suffering from serious mental illness— or even minor mental illness— sometimes directly leads to their death

Don’t involve the people who run in with guns and spray places and people with bullets unless you need and expect someone to possibly spray bullets all over the damn place

If it’s a serious enough situation that the benefit of police intervention outweighs the risk the person who needs help will get hurt or killed, feel free to call the cops. Unfortunately that should be the equation we all do before we dial that number; cops are not adult Boy Scouts like they try to teach us when we’re kids, and weighing the risk vs benefit before involving them in anything is necessary for communities who truly want to look out for each other

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the_nobodys t1_j2udqo3 wrote

We call the cops at work to issue trespass orders, and once for a drunken fight where it seemed a woman had gotten knocked out. They almost always show up after the fact, and just do paperwork and leave, which is good. I can't imagine calling them for deescalation, especially in place where there aren't a lot of eyes to witness what happens.

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2020Engineer t1_j2z72yy wrote

Yup. Sometimes there is no choice like a medical emergency when you need to call an ambulance. Then the cops tag along to take advantage of the situation and start roughing people up / making up charges.

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