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Title: Chicago to Dispatch Mental Health Experts on 911
Post by: Coach is Back! on July 15, 2021, 10:53:02 AM
lol...oh boy

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/07/15/mayor-lori-lightfoots-chicago-to-dispatch-mental-health-experts-on-911-calls-instead-of-cops/
Title: Re: Chicago to Dispatch Mental Health Experts on 911
Post by: Dos Equis on July 15, 2021, 11:19:27 AM
lol...oh boy

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/07/15/mayor-lori-lightfoots-chicago-to-dispatch-mental-health-experts-on-911-calls-instead-of-cops/

What could go wrong?
Title: Re: Chicago to Dispatch Mental Health Experts on 911
Post by: IroNat on July 15, 2021, 12:02:50 PM
Donut shops will suffer.
Title: Re: Chicago to Dispatch Mental Health Experts on 911
Post by: Howard on July 15, 2021, 01:01:32 PM
Donut shops will suffer.

The "crisis counselors" talked me down from a bear claw to a plain cake donut.

On a serious note, the counselors will have some calls directed to them that appear to be having a mental crisis.
They have a pilot program in Chicago for some to actually go and render "help".

Things like suicide prevention and various psychological break downs will use their services.

Obviously, some violent offender may abuse the system and we'll see how it goes.
Title: Re: Chicago to Dispatch Mental Health Experts on 911
Post by: falco on July 16, 2021, 07:01:23 AM
Given the level of gun violence in Chicago, i fear for the mental heath experts life.
Title: Re: Chicago to Dispatch Mental Health Experts on 911
Post by: Howard on July 16, 2021, 08:03:58 AM
Given the level of gun violence in Chicago, i fear for the mental heath experts life.

Most of the counselor intervention will be by phone when 911 calls involve disturbed people.
For example, someone threatening suicide.
* Coach may have needed this when Biden was declared winner in the 2020 election. :D

The "in person" counselor  will usually be escorted with a cop.

To me, the bigger issues is the risk of a "counselor" being taken hostage by a maniac.