sound off the wall .....but, yesterday a good friend stopped in to see me. Decades ago, I trained him on proper "community crises response." He became my partner on these cases, and we had some adventures when we headed out from the clinic to respond to calls. As one of my sons was here, my buddy told him about some of those adventures.
This was before the state's OMH changed the policies per community response. Police are now tasked with those situations. He told my son about the first call I took him out on -- the very disturbed son of a retired cop had stolen the father's hand gun, and the household was rather tense. Now, I've had a shotgun pointed at my head (a large target!) at an 18 inch distance. That is not pleasant. But I'm still here, right?
On the drive, my buddy was very nervous. I gave him instructions on exactly what we needed to look for when we arrived. Now, I was alert, because you have to process all the factors that under normal circumstance, you wouldn't pick up on. The same process, I think, is required when we shift from an individual community crisis, to a national crisis ..... and that, of course, is exactly where we find ourselves today. Hence, on the drive here, I've tried to point out those things we need to focus on, what factors are most important in determining how we reach the resolution we seek.
Note: About 15 minutes after the gentleman holding the shotgun to my head was disarmed and in handcuffs, I did head to the nearest store and bought a bottle of fine wine. Ha! And I'll admit that my hands were shaking when I opened it. It wasn't the last time I had a gun pointed at me. Never pleasant, that.
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