Originally Posted by befuddled2

I called my representitive in my state legislative today to complain about the way the cops and mental health system handled the situation yesterday. The neighbor they arrested has a mental illness and of course if he's paranoid he would not let the cops in. I think it could have been handled by the mental health worker talking to the guy and not the cops being so aggressive. The representitive office's told me they would look into it and see if the way it was handled was the norm. I told them if it is the norm I'd be interested in changing the way that kind of norm would be.