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Originally Posted by Dion
Can it not help to prevent a situation from growing to a lethal force encounter?
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Sure, there a lot of things that could possibly help someone out with whatever mental illness they suffer from. I don't think a police officer is appropriately trained nor an expert of assessing and assisting with mental illness. Police are a band-aid when it comes to mental illness.
If you are saying that if someone on a scene where a lethal force encounter is occurring, had indepth training on dealing with mental illness,that the outcome would have been different, I will disagree. If the encounter starts as lethal force or escalates to lethal force, that IS the only option.
My point is, is that police deal with mentally ill people all the time. Are they treated different in the eyes of the law because of their mental illness- absolutely. Are they treated differently when they are a LETHAL threat to others- absolutely NOT.