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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mamdani is going to take a ton of heat when some mental health worker is sent to deal with a situation without a police officer and gets injured/killed. Having a mental health professional accompany a police officer isn't a bad idea (though very expensive). Having them go in alone is dumb.

And this problem would be greatly reduced if there were something to do with those with extremely severe mental health problems rather than take them to the hospital then release them. It is not doing them any favors. It is letting them rot away.[/quote]

Deinstitutionalization is the cause [/quote]

Completely agree. And no one is willing to do anything about this. Anyone who has spent 30 seconds in New York (or many other cities) can easily identify people who are very, very clearly not capable of taking care of themselves and a potential danger to those around them. The do-gooders think it is somehow violating their civil rights to institutionalize them. Personally, I think it is violating their civil rights to let them live like this. They should be institutionalized and helped. And this doesn't have to happen in New York City. Facilities can be more efficiently and cheaply built outside of the city. If there truly is a reason that the patient needs to be kept in the city, fine. But for many, I'm guessing this is not necessary.

I don't understand why this is controversial.[/quote]

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