LEO'S & OPTIONS

[Duchess]

I just read another headline regarding the police being called in order to help with a mentally ill individual. As with a previous stories, the police shot and killed the mentally ill person upon arriving.

I totally get that the cops have a split second to make a decision and that they want to be the one left standing but when dealing with these unfortunate people don't they have some guidelines they could go by rather than bullets, like tasers or stun gun or maybe some of those bean bag bullets or whatever they are called? Must they always shoot the people who are out of their minds?

I'm just so sick of seeing these very sad stories and I can't help but feel there has got to be a better way.