Peach45
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- Feb 17, 2020
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So I spoke to a cop and he was nice and honest w me. I asked how he felt on calls for mentally ill people, people in need of counseling or medical attention. He said “its not our job” but that they ALWAYS have to show up first bc EMS or mental workers have to “stage”, apparently that means wait down the street until cops make it safe.
He said the academy only gives them 2-3 weeks max of hand to hand training and a week or two shooting.
Which makes me think....why IN THE F**K are we trying to turn cops into magical psychiatrists or paramedics....which takes years of training....rather than simply make paramedics and mental workers just get the same couple weeks of self defense training cops get.
Then THEY can go first. Without the “stage”, cops dont have to “make it safe” or “scene secure”.
Trying to turn cops into brain doctors seems a LOT harder than just giving EMS and counselors the same 2-3 weeks of self defense so they can actually show up and do their jobs.
And if they say “thats not our job”.....well THEIR job isnt a cops job either so why “stage” and wait on them on medical calls?
He said the academy only gives them 2-3 weeks max of hand to hand training and a week or two shooting.
Which makes me think....why IN THE F**K are we trying to turn cops into magical psychiatrists or paramedics....which takes years of training....rather than simply make paramedics and mental workers just get the same couple weeks of self defense training cops get.
Then THEY can go first. Without the “stage”, cops dont have to “make it safe” or “scene secure”.
Trying to turn cops into brain doctors seems a LOT harder than just giving EMS and counselors the same 2-3 weeks of self defense so they can actually show up and do their jobs.
And if they say “thats not our job”.....well THEIR job isnt a cops job either so why “stage” and wait on them on medical calls?