On Sun, 1 Jul 2018 12:59:40 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 7/1/2018 10:10 AM, Keyser Soze wrote:

I thought it was sadly humorous that in the Annapolis shooting, a
*cop* who "investigated" the shooter some years ago determined he was
not dangerous. Police, even in an upscale area like Annapolis, aren't
trained to make a qualfified determination in regard to behaviors or
outright threats that aren't completely overt.


Up here they may not be trained or qualified to psychoanalyze someone
however they *are* authorized to remand someone to the court system
for possible involuntary commitment for treatment for drug abuse or
alcoholism. Not sure it that extends to other behavioral problems.

Doctors, cops and family members can petition the court to have someone
involuntarily be put in a state run de-tox and rehab program.


The cops may be able to instigate the process, we call it "Baker act"
here, but the actual court ordered commitment requires due process and
if the defendant is rich enough to actually get it, his doctors will
be involved. Seldom do those procedures succeed if that happens.
An example would be the Vegas guy. He could afford experts that would
assure nothing ever got into his records that labeled him a danger
even if they had tried to go after him.