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MargaretDumont t1_irw16yn wrote

Reply to comment by khinzeer in Mental health de-escalation hotline. by Blackulor

Yeah the comment you commented on says that the cops come with mental health workers. So what do you have a problem with there? OP was asking how to get crisis intervention involved. Even if they're there with police it's better than just police. They had already called the non-emergency police number. Where's the ignoring you're complaining about?

Edit: You know what? We've walked away from my point. You can care how this person is handled and still care for who he might hurt. That's it.

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khinzeer t1_irwgmmz wrote

I was "complaining about" the original poster who didn't call the police for "obvious reasons" and then went on to call a non-emergency line.This is about as good as praying to god for the situation to resolve: it might make you feel good, but does nothing to help anyone.

I have no problem with having mental health workers with cops, but best case scenario for someone threatening random people on the street with a knife is a high dose of sedatives in a relatively-comfortable low-security carceral institution until they age out of violence (and using up resources that could be going to education, affordable housing, and helping young families).

The sooner you get authorities involved, the better chance for this. If they hurt someone (which sounds likely) they will be put in the ACI and probably get stabbed up by higher functioning convicts who don't want to deal with their predatory bullshit.

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MargaretDumont t1_irwq9ht wrote

It didn't stop there though. The poster was actively looking for a solution. And the consensus on advice was that the cops would be involved. Also, we have no idea what was up with this person. They could be on drugs or have a knife because they're suicidal. Not enough info.

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