Zero arrests in 6 months of health care professionals replacing police officers
No one is talking about the very big risk associated with this, that mental health professionals can commit you against your will with no trial, which is an erosion of civil liberties (incarceration without trial). Having known several friends who got committed and held against their will in psych wards when there was no good reason to, because their insurance was good, this is an issue.<p>Notice they don't give any stats about outcomes, but the primary cited issue is "mental health" which is very vague and a subjective assessment.<p>We should not create an extra judicial system that has no checks and balances. Otherwise we will head towards medical authoritarianism which could easily be abused by those in power (psychiatrists and others) for their own personal gain.<p>See <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/rosalindadams/intake" rel="nofollow">https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/rosalindadams/intake</a> for an example of what I mean.