Be careful what you ask for:
“In the Soviet Union, psychiatry was sometimes used for punitive purposes. Psychiatric hospitals were used by the authorities as prisons in order to isolate hundreds or thousands of political prisoners from the rest of society, discredit their ideas, and break them physically and mentally; as such they are considered a form of torture. This method was also employed against religious prisoners, including especially well-educated former atheists who adopted a religion; in such cases their religious faith was determined to be a form of mental illness that needed to be cured...”
For purposes of Loughner’s trial, being found not guilty by reason of insanity is not very easy and his public defender seems to have a history of deep compromise anyhow.
But yeah, the sheriff knew that Loughner was a dangerous nut case well before the Giffords shooting, and seems to have done next to nothing about it. He fell down on his job.
ok, i’m answering my own question, it used to be a blog.
Interesting that there certainly appear to be significant mental health services that law enforcement can reach out to.
this link shows the “about” page in the google cache:
I copy and paste the text from the “About” page here:
Authors
This blog was created to increase knowledge and awareness among Arizona law enforcement officers as to the importance of reaching out and assisting the mentally ill persons in our communities. By networking, we can improve are response to this population, determine best practices and procedures and therefore do our part to improve the system. If your an Arizona law enforcement officer and are concerned about the mentally ill in your community, I would hope you will join me in this effort.
Rob Keefe is a detective and 22 year police veteran in the Phoenix area. currently assigned to a detail responsible for transporting mental health recipients for court ordered evaluations and treatment. He has a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Grand Canyon University and is currently a student in Arizona State University’s masters of social work program. Rob is a member of the National Alliance for Mental Illness.
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Dave Jungbluth is a detective and a 20 year police veteran in Phoenix area. He is currently assigned to a detail who works closely with Magellan Health services, responsible for locating and transporting court ordered Behavioral Health Recipients for evaluation and treatment. Det. Jungbluth has his bachelor’s degree in Adult Education from Grand Canyon University; and has over the last several years been active in training and assisting fellow officers in how to deal effectively with Behavior Health Recipients.
It’s not news in Arizona. A federal judge has been running the public schools here for decades because he wants more money to teach English only.
It’s all just lawyers stealing state funds and socialists taking over the state via the courts.
Ok, this link looks like it may be the group that would handle referrals for Pima County:
http://w3.cpsa-rbha.org/static/index.cfm?contentID=2342
From WaPo...
“To the best of our knowledge, he was never and is currently not enrolled in our system,” said Neal Cash, president of the Community Partnership of Southern Arizona, the organization that provides mental health services to Tucson and Pima County for the state.