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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We need beefed up involuntary commitment in DC  it's a travesty they tore down the old DC general site instead of turning it into a state of the art treatment center with ample beds.. There are so many people having mental breaks roaming the streets - and apparently the hospitals too. PIW, the only secure treatment facility, cannot handle them all. But they don't need to - because DC is loathe to commit and treat in the first place. This girl should have been brought to PIW and put in a secure space for evaluation. What a horrible horrible story of two different mothers and daughters. I have no words.[/quote]

I love when clueless people post drivel like this. Where is the money and staff for these facilities going to come from?  Do you realize it is a constant struggle to staff the facilities we already have?  Who wants to be paid $40k/yr to sit one on one with a potentially violent criminal? Every day?  Then get bit/spit on/assaulted?  Not many, I can tell you that. The staff turnover in these facilities is ridiculous. I know. I work at one.

It’s really not about not wanting to commit them. We just don’t have the resources to do it. [/quote]

Of course we have the resources to build and staff mental health treatment facilities.  When there is staff turnover or vacancies, that means that that salaries need to be raised.  We need to prioritize keeping our communities safe, so complain to legislators at all levels.[/quote]

Seriously. But we don't have enough money. But we do for bike lanes and violence preventors. THINK![/quote]

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