Jamestown police officer arrested following mental health incident last week

You don't need to arrest someone to get them help. If the police feel there is a danger to himself or those around him, they can do a pick-up order and take him for an eval.

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The arrest may be the only leverage they have to be sure he gets the help he needs. His job will most likely be over I doubt they will put a gun in his hand anymore.

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stweeny another moronic comment, I'm guessing here that if it hadn't turned into a "stand-off" situation and the officer complied immediately that they probably would of not charged him.

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Steiner here you go again blaming the parties

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I am shocked that they would arrest this person for an incident where there clearly was a mental health issue. Why the rush? Would they have arrested him if he was not a police officer? Let the man get the care he needs before going forth with legal action. This is the problem with our mental health system.

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