tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post4072660688677595987..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Austin funds alternatives to police for mental-health first responseGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-79326036580358550642019-09-26T13:37:19.092-05:002019-09-26T13:37:19.092-05:00EMS personnel, in general, are not peace officers....EMS personnel, in general, are not peace officers. The right to perform emergency mental health detentions is reserved for peace officers. This statute became necessary as part of the 1993 reforms in the wake of massive private psychiatric hospital fraud. One of the most egregious examples was Sector One security in San Antonio. <br /><br />At that time, the local mental health system allowed these non-peace officers to fill out official looking emergency detention forms and then detain people. Two private security guards showed up at the home of Jeramy Harrell, in an official looking car, uniforms and handcuffs. Jeramy was detained and held for days based on a warrantless detention order from a psychiatrist he'd never met. <br /><br />Many of these types of detentions are currently going to private, for-profit, psychiatric hospitals, and will be billed for services they often didn't want. Once in the hospital, they will be held for days before seeing a judge. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-90951295252083342092019-09-17T07:42:29.574-05:002019-09-17T07:42:29.574-05:00If the 6.5 workers will address even a small porti...If the 6.5 workers will address even a small portion of the 11,124 mental-health-related calls, even the kind of cherry picked, low danger calls one would expect them to like Dallas' crew did, they will be well worth the cost. I hope they expand the program rapidly when initial successes come in, after all, that few in numbers spread out over 3 shifts and 7 days is not going to lack for business.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-13196359845534656152019-09-14T20:09:00.531-05:002019-09-14T20:09:00.531-05:00Scott! the threats to liberty are advancing. Our E...Scott! the threats to liberty are advancing. Our EMS in Montgomery COunty now has a Tactical Unit.<br /><br />https://www.yourconroenews.com/neighborhood/woodlands/news/article/Montgomery-County-Hospital-District-s-tactical-14003928.php?fbclid=IwAR1qJKFvrz-5IvbntCv1PwaRiZdl3Zh7jtAX2PC-M21npbFl1TTaK4NCSNMRENTAVOTERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18313596291924465718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-56802478995330211072019-09-12T18:21:32.719-05:002019-09-12T18:21:32.719-05:00Right, 13.5 positions overall. I believe there is ...Right, 13.5 positions overall. I believe there is also some non-salary expense in there as well.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-80054312312406530052019-09-12T09:23:08.112-05:002019-09-12T09:23:08.112-05:00Plus 7 EMT'sPlus 7 EMT'sAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-6741649118406068692019-09-12T09:12:00.716-05:002019-09-12T09:12:00.716-05:00Maybe I'm not reading this correctly. What I g...Maybe I'm not reading this correctly. What I got out of it was 6.5 positions will cost $1.75M. That's a nice salary for 6.5 people.....or maybe I'm just misinterpreting this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com