masterchef81 t1_je0io6c wrote
Reply to comment by mindhypnotized in NJ takes over Paterson police after crisis worker's shooting by drkgodess
No, sorry for the confusion. As an example...mental health crisis shouldn't require police as the first response. But fire/emt won't respond, so police become the default response.
Personally I don't think fire/emt SHOULD respond to mental health crisis. There is a risk of violence there that they are not trained or paid for. But neither should police, whose training is "eliminate the threat" be the first response.
Either way, EMTs would still respond to your grandma having a stroke because that is clearly within their primary job description.
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