tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-661754827927954328.post5287044218077307215..comments2024-01-20T01:31:12.289-08:00Comments on change mental health laws in Kentucky: Did you know?changeMHLawsinKYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08248024620313935048noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-661754827927954328.post-83957876048343895362012-10-27T21:42:19.325-07:002012-10-27T21:42:19.325-07:00That's right. Judges, prosecutors and all sort...That's right. Judges, prosecutors and all sorts of other people slavishly kowtow to police judgment ... which is often unconstitutionally bad. But it is business as usual, and business as usual is what people in Fayette County value above all else. People need to look at police decisions with a critical eye and demand that they observe the law. If they won't, why should any of the rest ofAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-661754827927954328.post-3303740683039087422012-10-03T05:13:36.020-07:002012-10-03T05:13:36.020-07:00What can be done to change behaviors that show obj...What can be done to change behaviors that show objective and subjective bad faith by police officers against the mentally ill? In Lexington, the justice system seems set on some standard of respect for the police even when they behave disrespectfully. When there is a disturbance, is jail the place to take adults experiencing senility, Alzeimers, as well as those with other mental illnesses? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-661754827927954328.post-14947066027816553642012-10-01T18:02:52.833-07:002012-10-01T18:02:52.833-07:00A good 40% of people with hard-core, chronic menta...A good 40% of people with hard-core, chronic mental illnesses don't have much insight. So it's up to the rest of us to insist that they not be abused.<br /><br />As for B misdemeanors being jail-worthy ... HA: HA! HA!HA! HA! HA! Lexingtonians want to lock people up but don't want to pay for it, so medical and psychiatric treatment at the jail ranges from malpractice to torture. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-661754827927954328.post-9214648521284985132012-09-29T20:26:15.086-07:002012-09-29T20:26:15.086-07:00Re: "People need to demand that the police ob...Re: "People need to demand that the police observe the law ... probation officers, too."<br /><br />Unfortunately many people with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder do not have insight about their illness. They are not likely to say, 'I am mentally ill, please take me to the hospital instead of jail.'<br /><br />Re: "if the officer knows the person Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-661754827927954328.post-7292135156332787752012-09-29T19:51:19.839-07:002012-09-29T19:51:19.839-07:00
Cruel...but all too common. My mentally ill lov... <br /><br />Cruel...but all too common. My mentally ill loved one has been arrested repeatedly. Recently I filed a mental health petition to try to get her treatment and I called to report her whereabouts so that she could be picked up and taken to the hospital. She was picked up at my house and the officers assured me that she would be taken to ESH. They must have made a wrong turn on the way Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com