Across L.A. County, law enforcement looks for resources to deal with the mentally ill – Bounty Hunter Jobs And Training Programs
Across L.A. County, law enforcement looks for resources to deal with the mentally ill – Bounty Hunter Jobs And Training Programs
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A slender young woman with brown hair stood on a Commerce street in early March, ignoring a driver’s pleas to move. She reached down and bent his front license plate, asked him for money and then yanked his windshield wiper off. She appeared agitated ……
law enforcement – BingNews
As the healthcare debate rages in the US, the fate of the hundreds of thousands of mentally ill people in jails and prisons in the US has been absent from the agenda.
Homelessness has become a part of the landscape of every major city and town in the US, but it is often more than poverty that is to blame for the plight of the homeless.
While there are no exact figures, advocacy groups estimate that as many as 80 per cent of homeless people suffer from mental illness.
For many, this sad reality eventually leads to confrontations with the law, which explains how the mentally ill have come to make up more than half of the US prison population.
Houston in Texas has one of the nation’s largest homeless populations. Incidents across the country in which police officers have shot and killed mentally ill individuals have forced law enforcement officials here to re-think their approach.
“As the years passed, we decided to take advantage of the resources of the mental health community,” Chief Harold Hurrt of the Houston police says.
“And now, we are much more professional in our response in that we realise that jail is not the answer.”
Houston is home to the nation’s largest Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) unit. The programme partners police officers with mental health clinicians who attempt to allow distressed mentally ill individuals to recover in hospitals rather than detention facilities.
However, public hospitals are under-funded and over-crowded, meaning that if they offer any psychiatric services at all, it is only for the short term.
Psychiatrists say jail is not an ideal environment to treat inmates. Meanwhile, long-term stay facilities have all but disappeared throughout the US.
Fewer than 40,000 Americans currently reside in psychiatric hospitals, while according to the Department of Justice, 30 times that number – 1.25 million mentally ill people – are serving time in US prisons.
In a special report, Fault Lines’ Josh Rushing visited detention facilities in Texas to discover how inmates with mental illness are treated.
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Posted on June 21st, 2016
They Fought the Law and the Law LOST; SEMO CopBlock Wins First Amendment Lawsuit – Bounty Hunter Jobs And Training Programs
They Fought the Law and the Law LOST; SEMO CopBlock Wins First Amendment Lawsuit – Bounty Hunter Jobs And Training Programs
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The following post and video was shared with the CopBlock Network by Bryan Jeffers of SEMO Cop Block, via the CopBlock.org Submissions Page. The post discusses an incident they were involved in where city officials, including the mayor, chief of police, and county sheriff retaliated against them for flipping the mayor off, which is a First Amendment protected act of Free Speech. Among other things, they had their water meter removed by city workers, even though they were current on their bill.
Within the video, the fact that they were paid up to date on their water bill and that the removal was ordered as an act of retaliation is admitted. Ultimately, these acts of retaliation led to a lawsuit by jeffers and his mother Tina Warren, which was supported by the ACLU.
The post below details the resolution of that lawsuit and conditions under which it was resolved.
City/County Officials Involved:
Piedmont Mayor: William “Bill” Kirkpatrick
Piedmont Chief of Police: Richard Sanders
Wayne County Sheriff: Dean Finch
Lieutenant of Piedmont Police: Cory Tompson
Back in September of 2015, Wayne County residents Tina Warren and her son Bryan Jeffers, with help from the ACLU, filed a lawsuit accusing the City of Piedmont, the Chief of Police of Piedmont (Richard Sanders), a Police Lieutenant of Piedmont (Cory Tompson), the Mayor of Piedmont ( William “Bill” Kirkpatrick), and also the Sheriff of Wayne County (Dean Finch) of violations of the First Amendment.
In retaliation for their use of what is protected Free Speech, they have been harassed on multiple occasions. Miss Warren has been pulled over multiple times for “flipping the bird” to the city mayor. Also, Mr. Jeffers’ water meter was taken by workers employed by the local government in a further act of retaliation, even though they were current on their water bill. In addition, Mayor Kirkpatrick sent the sheriff to her home with the state DEA, to perform an unwarranted search for drugs. That search turned up nothing. You can read all about it here.
We are proud to announce that Tina Warren and Bryan Jeffers have come to a settlement with the City of Piedmont and all of the defendants involved. Miss Warren and Mr. Jeffers agreed to dismiss, with prejudice, the lawsuit against the City of Piedmont, MO as well as the named defendants after the defendants agreed to the following terms:
“The administration of the City of Piedmont regrets their response to Tina Warren’s expressive activities. The city recognizes that residents have the first amendment rights and can not be subject to retaliation for exercising those rights. The city also acknowledges a citizen’s right to criticize public officials , even when some may find it offensive.”
Standing up for your rights and seeing it to the end is something we like seeing. We encourage everyone to call the Piedmont City Council Members and tell them “We don’t want to flip the bill for Bill anymore.” We believe that if enough people call the council members they will go ahead and impeach the 1st Amendment hating mayor.
Ward I Alderwoman: Karin Townsend – (573) 223-7579
Ward I Alderman: Brian Tutterow – Phone # Unlisted
Ward II Alderman: Tracey Bennett – (573) 223-1248
Ward II Alderman: Scott Tucker – (573) 223-7533
Miss Warren said:
“Let this be a warning to all these small towns and cities out there that one “Bad Apple” can cost a city a lot of money and could wrap your city up in court, if you have laws that are unconstitutional”
We would like more people to stand up to local governments and get laws changed like Miss Warren and Mr Jeffers did with the help of the ACLU. If you believe your rights were violated, do not rest ’til you win your case.
– Bryan Jeffers
SEMO Cop Block
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Posted on June 21st, 2016
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Being a bounty hunter predominantly requires a sharp mind, knowledge of the law, and great communication skills – but weapons training and combat skills also come in useful. As a bounty hunter, tracking, apprehending, bringing to justice fugitives is part of a rewarding day of work.
Posted on June 8th, 2016