medicineman
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Have rewritten this a few times - I've had a few negative experiences with police and the MHA, but only in one place I worked, where it seemed to be a systemic thing. I suspect it was due to not wanting to tie people up in the ED babysitting without a piece of paper saying they needed to be there...though it was always stated as "we don't want to violate someone's civil rights without due cause". I had 2 separate incidents in one day with them where on both counts the constables concerned failed to act under Section 12 - one was a slam dunk - I had a Form 2 issued the next day on them and their psychiatrist, who I'd colluded with over the phone, actually had them Form 4'd later that day prior to the F2 warrant being executed - but the other was a more subtle case that the investigating officers contacted me about as they were driving back to their home town and asked that I visit. Was not amused, as this person had been hallucinating gangbangers doing an advance to contact/section attack on their home, and they still had firearms in the house their kids hadn't yet removed...thankfully I didn't get shot or shot at when I arrived, alone . I had a rather terse discussion that evening with the Cpl i/c after I physically drove that second person to hospital to have them admitted. I had to go to court the next morning to swear out the Form 2 on the first person...uncompensated and on my day off. Incidentally, this wasn't my first negative interaction with this detachment of RCMP regarding The Mental Health Act. Other places I've worked, no issues with the RCMP or Winnipeg Police Service in this regards - in fact had a great outcome with WPS just 2 days ago in this same vein.
$0.02 FWIW, all anecdotal of course.
$0.02 FWIW, all anecdotal of course.