There needs to be a mechanism to give police to compel (at least) psychiatric assessment across a broader range of situations. Anyone who has dealt with a recalcitrant dementia patient knows well the frustration of not having any means to control their behavior. Without a power of attorney you cannot compel someone who is likely to harm themselves or others to stop their dangerous behaviour unless they are caught doing something illegal at the appropriate moment. Yet as a society we are happy to trumpet the locking up or exclusion from their home people whose crime was to be in the wrong place at the wrong time or to not wear a face mask, an interesting conundrum in the interests of "public safety"
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