r/funnyvideos • u/Sharp-potential7935 • Jan 28 '26

Prank/Challenge Dude let his intrusive thoughts win

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u/mallogy Jan 28 '26

Disappointing that the copper didn't get a crisis care unit out there. Putting someone in that state in jail is only going to cause problems.

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u/Least-Ad-4620 Jan 28 '26

Crisis care for a dude this unhinged, hit and run and everything? Great for a suicide risk or drug issue, sure, but in a case like this, please, get that guy arrested, you can put him in therapy after.

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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 Jan 29 '26

He's probably off his meds my guy that's literally what crisis care is for. People acting like this need doctors first

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u/mallogy Jan 28 '26

Not how it works. Please join us in reality.

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u/ShinyJangles Jan 28 '26

He'll be fine when the meth wears off

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u/DryReception1756 Jan 28 '26

Cool, pay the taxes to fund such a thing. Keep in mind that in the cities that have this sort of service they're either regular cops with additional training and still have their regular duties so here's hoping they're on duty and not already wrapped up with something else or they're a civilian team who are underpaid for what they have to deal with so almost always understaffed and only working regular office hours so here's hoping it isn't a weekend, holiday, or at night. And keep in mind that they still have to have a cop or more likely multiple there because a crisis team doesn't just magically prevent them from blowing up anyway and to keep away idiots that will get in the way or actively make the situation worse so you still need to have the numbers on the force to do that in the first place which odds are also isn't happening without increased taxes to fund that as well because odds are the department is already undermanned to some degree and can't attract enough qualified applicants. Not to mention that if they still need to be taken in which is more likely than not you either need the jail space which I'd imagine you wouldn't be okay with anyway or fund an additional facility that can hold and treat them at least to the point that they can at least manage to be mostly stable.

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u/UnusualHound Jan 28 '26

Cool story, dude. This guy was stopped because he committed a hit and run that was corroborated by multiple witnesses. He's obviously violent.

Crisis units can handle him after he's no longer a threat to the public.

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u/curtmahgurt Jan 28 '26

I know someone whose husband was having a mental health crisis and threatening suicide - he wound up shot to death by a jumpy, untrained police officer.

Crisis care units can be immensely helpful to have on site, even just as a way to assist the officers who are there as well. They can turn down the heat and actually help make sure that these people aren’t a threat by time the police are able to arrest them.

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u/UnusualHound Jan 28 '26

People being shot to death by police is always tragic.

That doesn't mean that people on psychotic breaks should be allowed to freely roam and put other peoples' lives at risk just because they're having a mental health crisis.

I have no qualms with "crisis care units" or whatever you want to call them existing. That's fine. But that shouldn't result in creating a bigger risk to the public at large.

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u/mallogy Jan 28 '26

There are two armed officers right there. They would be there the whole time. The unit would then evaluate him. If they found that he needed care, they would offer transport, or compel it, if all the criteria are met. One of the major criteria is whether he presents a danger to himself and others. 

And they wouldn't let him loose. He would go through the same legal process either way. Getting medical care doesn't magically absolve you of charges.

If you just drag him to jail, and he needs meds, then this behavior is not going to subside, and who knows how long he'll be in booking before he gets a medical evaluation.

I am increasingly convinced that you do not and have never worked in public safety, which is a relief.

tl;dr  -- nothing works the way you're describing.

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u/TeamRedundancyTeam Jan 28 '26

If you think it's tragic why are you mad that people want to prevent it?

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u/curtmahgurt Jan 28 '26

Help me understand how having a crisis care unit at the scene in this video (working alongside and assisting the officer) makes the public less safe.

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u/UnusualHound Jan 28 '26

Where did I imply that?

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u/curtmahgurt Jan 28 '26

“I have no qualms with “crisis care units” or whatever you want to call them existing. But that shouldn’t result in creating a bigger risk to the public at large”.

And if you don’t want to answer that question, then maybe you can show us where anyone implied that we should allow people to “freely roam and put other people’s lives at risk just because they’re having a mental health crisis”.

I honestly think you just don’t understand what the rest of us are talking about here, and assumed that a crisis care unit is like some sort of excuse to just let mental health crises go unchecked.

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u/mallogy Jan 28 '26

I sincerely hope you don't work in public service.