I don't understand how the police in Phoenix, Arizona can be considered trained professionals?

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I thought all law enforcement officers were trained to recognize a medical emergency. They should know that in the situation of that lady that was arrested in the airport should have received immediate crisis intervention. Why didn't they take her straight to the hospital? It seems so obvious that she needed medical attention not jail. If she was having a heart attack would they have taken her to jail? Why are they not taught that mental conditions that may effect behavior are MEDICAL conditions as well, that need treatment?

2007-10-07T02:35:34Z

Freaking out if that 's what you want to call it is a medical emergency. People don't "freak out" for no reason at all.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Just because someone is freaking out doesn't make it a medical emergency so I don't think they're at fault for that. However, they ignored repeated, urgent phone calls from her husband telling them that she is suicidal, which is their fault.

EDIT: People do freak out. People freak out all the time. There are crazy people everywhere. Just being crazy doesn't make it a medical emergency. If she was crazy and slitting her wrists, that's a medical emergency. If she was crazy and trying to rip her eyeballs out, that's a medical emergency. But kicking and screaming and throwing a hissy-fit is not a medical emergency.

I don't understand how the police in Phoenix, Arizona can be considered trained professionals?

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