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Originally Posted by jayswin
What? That can't be true can it? He has been granted an absolute discharge, which to my understanding is absolute freedom. Isn't the whole reason this is controversial because he could go off his meds now and as a society we now owe him the freedom to make that decision?
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Well presumably any health professional who had a client who was known to police for violent behaviour when unmedicated would contact the authorities if his patient or the general public were in danger. In fact it isn't uncommon for health professionals to work with the police to brief them on patients and how to handle them if encountered in a situation where the authorities might use force to detain the subject to help prevent situations that could be diffused from getting out of hand.
I wouldn't think of it as his doctor having the power to arbitrarily have the guy arrested.