Medicated Law Enforcement and Worsening Mental Illness

Not what we need for public safety

The Long Beach Fire Department represents one of many agencies that have adopted the use of injectable sedatives by paramedics for law enforcement purposes. Photo by Mika Baumeister on Unsplash

As if being thrown in prison for being mentally ill wasn’t scary enough for people suffering from mental illness; as if incarceration wasn’t threatening enough for a general population with increasing anxiety, depression, and substance use; as if police custody wasn’t insulting enough to mental health providers…