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Monday, December 31, 2012

IS IT JUSTICE STALLED OR HELP DENIED

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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