Not, perhaps, the best of timing locally - I'm talking Seattle here - for
This Reason. A lunatic who had served one-half of his term for previously attacking a LEO managed to shoot another one in the head with the guy's own service pistol. The libs who were bleating about the poor insane are suddenly very, very quiet hereabouts. "Treat and release" seems just a little less attractive...for now...
The mentally ill do deserve treatment, which they don't get regularly living on the street. Most need the protected environment of an institution.