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Originally Posted by eskielover
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Hey Eskie. Thank you for your post. I'm really sorry to hear about the care home and hospital fiasco and the police, though they were only a part of it, and what happened you and your mother. People should take their duty of care seriously, it's a shame that the care home worker wasn't brought to justice in the end.
On the other hand, it's good that the psychotic man got help. Ah, yes, 72 hour holds I see you've been on as well. I have heard of California's 5150, I think in Florida they call it the Baker Act, it has a different name in every country/state/province/etc. Here in the UK it's called Section 136 (which is what I was on when I was 17, as I said in my post) which allows a police officer to take a mentally disordered person who he/she suspects is a risk to themselves and/ir others to a 'Place of Safety' (a psychiatric suite or a police station cell) for up to 72 hours to be assessed by a mental health team.. a psychiatrist, an approved doctor and a social worker, there's another one called s.135 which is the same thing but it requires a warrant from the courts if a mentally disordered person is in their own home.
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Originally Posted by erraticpendulum
I dont remember feeling scared only disgusted at them. I was charged with resisting arrest a non-sensical paradox thrown in a detox cell and physically silenced several times over the night, officer who released me told me i was the slowest learner he had seen. No i didnt make a complaint instead i went from lock up to a medical clinic and got a doctor to list and photograph my injuries. When i appeared at court i was still manic i think and had to see a duty solicitor after i showed her my medical report, photos and asked over arresting charge was for me to resist she had the case dismissed. This angered me and i demanded my charges be presented to a judge i wanted my day in court. After a few minutes of arguing with court officials i was removed from the courthouse by police and told i would be arrested if i continued with my behaviour.
I was living in New Zealand at the time and unless someone is floridly psychotic or has a well known documented history of psychosis they are deemed under intoxication and treated as officers see fit.
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Hey, oh it was in NZ not Australia. I see, I assumed by your location lol. That all sounds chaotic. I think the police really do need more training in this area, in general. Do most police officers even know how to spot a manic or psychotic person? Or do they rely on their own prejudices/stereotypes ....