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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
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.
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They have the ability to bring police in for very specific circumstances, like if someone is an immediate threat to themselves or the public. They can't just call the police for any concerning thing they hear, even if it's someone being violent in general.
But you raise an interesting question. Would Will Baker going off his meds be considered an immediate threat to himself or others and therefor the police could be called in? And if that's the case he's for all intense and purposes still being monitored.
Although, I guess he could stop seeing his psychiatrist legally, so that's very interesting.