http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/crime/justice-still-stalled-for-the-mentally-ill/article_d59dd548-8a2d-5e76-ae86-3df7c113e2f8.html
I HAVE TO SAY,THIS STATEMENT FROM SGT. ANDY "TV TIME" ANINSMAN REALLY MAKES ME LAUGH:
There
are numerous contacts between police and people in mental and emotional
crises, said Sgt. Andrew Aninsman, a Bensalem officer and co-chair of
Bucks County's Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training program. The
concept of the CIT program is diverting persons who need mental health
treatment from prison to other facilities that can diagnose and treat
them. Aninsman declined to comment about specific incidents, but said
the CIT program is growing....... Aninsman said cases are likely
under-reported because a complaint that could fall under the mental
health umbrella might be written off as a disturbance or some other type
of call and the subject may not get needed treatment. But CIT is
developing an incident reporting system for police countywide that would
enable them to not only track the number of cases, but see outcomes and
details – including whether weapons were involved and if subjects
threatened to hurt others or just threatened to hurt themselves.
FROM
WHAT I'VE LEARNED THE BENSALEM POLICE, TREAT THOSE WITH MENTAL HEALTH
ISSUES, THE SAME WAY ANY FEMALE CRIME VICTIM IS TREATED: NO RESPECT!!
THE FACT THAT CASES ARE "UNDER-REPORTED" IS AN ABSOLUTE UNDERSTATEMENT,
SINCE THE B.T.P.D. NEVER PRACTICES WHAT IT PREACHES, LET ALONE SHOWS ANY
REAL COMPASSION FOR OTHERS. IF THEY LEARN ANYTHING ON THIS, THEY USE IT
TO DESTROY AND NOT HELP. AFTER ALL, WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT FROM A POLICE
DEPARTMENT THAT LOST ITS ACCREDITATION, AND HAS NO RESPECT FOR ANYONE, ESPECIALLY MINORITIES!!
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