(January 5, 2015 at 12:55 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Well, what do you know? One department in the country gets it.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/01/portl...-back-off/
Quote:Portland police adopt revolutionary new policy regarding mentally ill suspects — just back off
Beats what they used to do - which was shoot 'em.
Betcha a hundred bucks that the order came down from the mayor (who the police chief reports to), or from the feds, and not from within the department itself.