Crisis Assistance Response and Engagement https://illinoisfamilyaction.org Fri, 16 Jul 2021 12:10:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-download-32x32.jpg Crisis Assistance Response and Engagement https://illinoisfamilyaction.org 32 32 76203252 Chicago: Shrinks Will Answer 911 Calls. Cops Shoot Too Many Crazy People https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2021/07/chicago-shrinks-will-answer-911-calls-cops-shoot-too-many-crazy-people/ Sat, 17 Jul 2021 09:00:07 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=17811 Written by R. Cort Kirkwood

As Chicago braces for another weekend of wanton gunfire, mayhem, and murder, the city has announced that headshrinkers will answer 911 calls for “mental health emergencies.”

In other words, the Sun-Times reported, if someone calls 911 because his neighbor crows “I’m cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs” in the wee, small hours every morning, a burly cop with a stun gun and a Glock 9mm might not be the right medicine.… Continue Reading

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