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Oct 18, 2022, 12:50 AM
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Member Since: Jul 2019
Location: Downtown Vibes, California
Posts: 15,701
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Originally Posted by wildflowerchild25
I too have a fear of police. One time I was freaking out in my clinicians office at a different IOP. I told them I thought my brain was spilt and one half was trying to kill me by making me kill myself. Well they called crisis and crisis brought FIVE cops. Not necessary. I wasn’t violent or anything.
Now I’m afraid because of all the reports of police violence. They shoot first and ask questions later apparently, and if I’m not in the right state of mind I don’t think they could (or would) try to talk to me first.
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Five cops. Wow. Just...wow. It must have been a slow day at the office for them to send 5 cops.
I don't know if it's a nationwide program, or if other states have similar programs, but we have a fairly new thing here, maybe about 6 years old. It's called CIT (Crisis Intervention Training). It involves mental health professionals and volunteers (usually NAMI) working with the police to teach the cops how to properly deal with people in mental health crisis.
Sounds good, sounds great, but so far I haven't heard anything about it actually doing anything special. Everyone I know IRL who has a MI is scared of cops for the same reason you've stated, wfc. I sure am. I just hope that over time programs like CIT will become regular things & will work.
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Last edited by *Beth*; Oct 18, 2022 at 01:05 AM.
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