The Keweenaw County Sheriff’s Department took to Facebook Monday afternoon to discuss the rising number of suicide attempts in the county in recent months. The post, and photo are posted here.
As Sheriffs we are elected to protect all the citizens in our Counties including those who may be going through difficult times. In the past month we have transported several people who were looking for help, to be evaluated by our local Mental Health. Do you want to take a guess on how many received treatments? None.
When are we going to have a meaningful discussion on the broken Mental Health system in Michigan?
This past weekend Sheriff Deputies came to the aid of a young subject who decided they no longer wanted to live and drove their car into a group of trees at nearly 100 m.p.h. The subject was transported to one of our local hospitals who administered medical care and Mental health was subsequently called in to assess them and decided the subject was not a threat to themselves and was sent home with a “safety plan”.
This does not sit well with us!
We are asking that you help us start the discussion locally, contact your state representatives, contact your mental health board and help us figure out how we can fix this problem. These are our brother, sisters, sons, and daughters who are crying out for help. We owe it to ourselves to make a change.
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