I mean, technically both are correct (:
I had an involuntary wellness check once.
During the whole thing I kept thinking, “If I make a play for his gun, he’d have to shoot me, right?”
This in another long line of reasons you shouldn’t send a poorly trained man with a gun to do a wellness check.
I had these very strong thoughts as well. Thankfully my concern that others might get injured in the fallout overrode it.
Cant even trust these mfers to get a point blank shot right anymore ffs smh
Throw an acorn at their car’s hood to start a firefight
Had to send my sister off for a 72 hour hold yesterday. Cops and I showed up at the same time, I let them in and then they just kinda stood around and watched me handle it until medics arrived lmao
Fucking Sheriff standing there asking some random dude “what should we do about the animals?” Don’t you have a procedure for this???
what is a hold. what did you handle. Where did the animals come in I’m so confused
My sister attempted suicide. She is being legally held for 72 hours in a mental ward to make sure she doesn’t try again.
so sorry to hear that. Absolutely infuriating that they even knew what they were being called for and nobody had the right training or experience.
I wish you and your sister all the strength in the world to overcome.
Yeah dude they shoot them
Isnt the second post an example of a cop being well prepared? I mean isnt it an actual tactic to say something surprising/stupid/whatever to get someone to snap out of a meltdown?
I dont even think it was stupid i think bro was trying his best given no training and the circumstance. You see it all the time in bodycam footage they often dumb stuff down to the level of a parent scolding a kid. The cop was trying to sympathize while also pointing out hey this isn’t a great solution without coming off as you can’t do that because i said so or pretending to know whats going on in their head. Just straight to the point this isn’t a great idea.
It is, the question is if it was intentional.
Based on every interaction I’ve ever had with a police officer (with one, very specific, exception), it was not intentional.
It didn’t snap them out of the meltdown. That’s not how any of this works. It would be like asking somebody eating ice cream if we can agree that ice cream is bad. People who are suicidal are rarely under the impression that those around them would be worse off if they were gone. Asking somebody who has convinced themselves that killing themselves would be a good thing this question is out of touch with the situation at best.
Thats my point though. Asking someone suicidal if killing themselves is bad is a nonsensical ridiculous question. In this case it made the OOP stop crying (and maybe spiraling, we dont know).
training
You know which police department was nationally regarded as the most well trained PD in the country re: deescalation prior to 2020? Minneapolis.
Lack of training isn’t the issue.
most well trained PD in the country
So barely any training at all.
I have more hours in several separate games (each) than these officers were required to take in training to become gun wielding thugs of the state.
