One thing that the BBC article highlights for me, is the need for police training in this area. I believe that most police officers lock up a mentally ill person because they don't know what else to do with them. Giving the police basic mental illness triage training would make both the mentally ill and the officers lives easier.
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One thing that the BBC article highlights for me, is the need for police training in this area. I believe that most police officers lock up a mentally ill person because they don't know what else to do with them. Giving the police basic mental illness triage training would make both the mentally ill and the officers lives easier.