Under no circumstances I know of do paramedics respond or transport mental patients. LEO's are used to transport usually a reserve officer or jailer. Thus the family if they thought he needed help would have to call the Cops. It stinks but that is the reality of it.
People are not realizing that Mental Health Care Laws & Regulations are not the same as Medical ones. Family has little or no say.
You totally missed my point. The law is totally irrelevant. I have a choice of action. Call the cops or don’t call the cops. I would choose to deal with it myself, instead of calling the cops.
Just because the law is ignorant, doesn’t mean I have to be.