Mental Health Cuts Put Police on the Front Line of Care

Mental Health Cuts Put Police on the Front Line of Care - NYTimes.com

"“States across the country are cutting their mental health budgets, and people who are serviced by state mental health programs are the poorest, and they’re unable to get services any other way,” she added. “The community mental health system is broken.” "

There's a good commentary on this article here.

You know, I've said before that our police departments are poorly equipped to handle mental illness issues, and things like this make that all the more sad.