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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a MSW, I really question whether most social workers would be willing to go unaccompanied into many of these situations, maybe with a partner, but not alone.  Many of the situations that end up with police shootings are people who appear volatile, have a knife in their hand, are high and approach in a threatening way, etc.  Definitely they don't deserve to die.  I am just not sure that many people in mental health services would want to approach these people alone.  It could even create more dangerous situations, as the police feel that they have to protect the unarmed social worker who is in the line of fire.  Perhaps police could at least use nonlethal force when called for mental health checks, and not chase and agitate people on welfare checks.  Training...[/quote]

This. The minute there is a shift to "send a social worker", the social workers will refuse and/or one will be killed or seriously injured in short order.
Sure, the police could use more training, but sometimes there just aren't a lot of good options when you have somebody who is armed and high/psychotic.[/quote]

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