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[quote=Anonymous]We as a society have dumped the responsibility of dealing with the homeless and mentally ill onto our justice system with predictable results. Most Police Departments in the nation give the bare minimum of training for handling the mentally ill. We could mandate much more training but that would require more money, something most Americans whether they admit it or not loathe to give more tax funding to help a segment of society that's well...despised. It's why I'm incredulous at all the suggestions around here that putting a homeless shelter in the back of a Police station is going to magically solve everything; that argument completely ignores the myriad of mental health issues the homeless are prone to having, something the police are not really equipped to deal with long term. [/quote]
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