citizens can t initiate. elliot s parents could have gone to a court and said we believe our son is dangerous. so it s a court system and that battle? they could initiate it. it s the law. it s what the law allows and the law in california is very narrow. only a mental health professional and some designated professionals could initiate that process and that s really, that is the entry door for getting someone who is in trouble at least evaluated. doesn t guarantee they will get treatment or what happens afterwards but it does mean they will get looked at. not by a police officer who is not a trained mental health worker. what needs to change? what needs to change? well, well, we need to mix the system. we always say this every time we talk.
did the system fail where we did not get this young man making very specific threats, why didn t he get caught? it seems when you read more about him, apatieparently he ha been seeing therapists since he was eight. yes he mother had seen some bothersome videos on youtube. she contacted the therapist who contacted a mental health official who contacted police to check him out. my question is when it comes to these therapists, what authority do they have to ring the alarm bell? well, it really depends there are many rules for who can initiate an emergency evaluation to see if somebody is in trouble. california is a state where
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