@cavyherd @jonobie @frykitty

The whole idea of 988 and mobile crisis lines is to get in touch with people who are NOT cops... BUT the connection to the authorities IS still there and sometimes-- if there's not enough crisis folks on staff at the time, or if the person is deemed dangerous-- the cops do end up being the ones sent.

About 20% of mobile crisis calls end with somebody getting hospitalized. That's the part of the work I dread most, I don't want to be involved in dishing out 5150s if I can help it. I'm no clinician, so I'm not qualified anyway, but yikes.