Posted on 09/02/2021 7:24:32 AM PDT by BenLurkin
A pilot program in Long Beach is teaching first responders how to recognize a person experiencing “agitated delirium,” and then having a trained paramedic administer a sedative to the person, in hopes of reducing the likelihood of using force to subdue them.
Body-cam video from last November shows LBPD trying to detain a man at a Metro Rail Station. The situation lasted for more than 30 minutes before the man jumped through a busted out train window toward officers.
It’s these types of situations, according to Police Chief Robert Luna, that instead of officers using excessive force, a fire paramedic came and sedated the man with a sedative known as Midazolam.
Nearly 1,000 Long Beach firefighters, police officers and about 60 dispatchers are now trained to recognize a person in a state of agitated delirium, whether through drug or alcohol us, mental illness or uncontrolled anger.
On the scene, only a trained paramedic can asses the person and administer Midazolam in these cases.
(Excerpt) Read more at losangeles.cbslocal.com ...
Just fire a tranquilizer dart into them as they do other wild animals.
LOL, I was just thinking that. Tranq gun from 50 ft. Boom, problem solved.
This will be a disaster. As someone who has worked in the field of behavioral medicine, I know that mental diagnosis can be difficult and often takes a team approach. And first responders are going to get this right?? I am very skeptical.
Why not?
Exactly. Let's test it out at the next BLM/ANTIFA riot.
Get Jim Fowler to do it
So riddleing them with 9 mil is better lmao
The new George Floyd program.
"Midazolam can slow or stop your breathing, especially if you have recently used an opioid medication."
Since cops encounter a lot of doped up nutcases, this is not going to end well.
Good. Tranquilizer Guns. Animals.
This new program will end with a similar result.
It is difficult to diagnose agitated delirium in a locked psych unit. To think it can be done by non medical personnel on the fly is not imaginable. Smart Leo’s will take the kits and toss them. Walking lawsuits for murder
Soma?
His current condition of achieving ambient temperature two years ago might be an issue...
Not to say that nothing tends to calm people down faster than seeing a guy approaching with a hypodermic.
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