You knew it had to happen.

[Katzndogz]

Bloomberg, King of New York is going to start rounding up all the mentally ill. Fed up with the mentally ill pushing people onto subway tracks, a new crime has been created, failure to practice mental hygiene with mental hygiene warrants available to make the arrest.

It's something. I can't wait to see what the ACLU has to say about it.

Cops push to clean streets of dangerous nuts - NYPOST.com


The city is making a major push to sweep the streets of dangerous, mentally ill New Yorkers — and has even compiled a most-wanted list, The Post has learned.

The measure follows a pair of high-profile subway-shove fatalities from December allegedly involving mentally ill individuals.

The city has already drawn up a list of 25 targets, sources said.

“After the Queens subway attack [of immigrant Sunando Sen], the [city] decided to take a proactive approach to track down the most dangerous mental-health patients that currently have mental-hygiene warrants” out for them, a law-enforcement source said.

Is it overdue or overbroad?

 

[Truthmatters]

taking an desperate person in for medical evaluation can be done wisely.


When someones hygene is at a certain level they are a danger to themselves and OTHERS

 

[AmyNation]

Mental hygiene warrants?

Wow.

 

[TruthSeeker56]

Bloomberg, King of New York is going to start rounding up all the mentally ill. Fed up with the mentally ill pushing people onto subway tracks, a new crime has been created, failure to practice mental hygiene with mental hygiene warrants available to make the arrest.

It's something. I can't wait to see what the ACLU has to say about it.

Cops push to clean streets of dangerous nuts - NYPOST.com


The city is making a major push to sweep the streets of dangerous, mentally ill New Yorkers — and has even compiled a most-wanted list, The Post has learned.

The measure follows a pair of high-profile subway-shove fatalities from December allegedly involving mentally ill individuals.

The city has already drawn up a list of 25 targets, sources said.

“After the Queens subway attack [of immigrant Sunando Sen], the [city] decided to take a proactive approach to track down the most dangerous mental-health patients that currently have mental-hygiene warrants” out for them, a law-enforcement source said.

Is it overdue or overbroad?

Well, one of the 25 targets should be really easy to find.

Just go to the Bloomberg's office.

 

[Misty]

Hmmmmm this sounds iffy. Sounds very "minority reportish" the movie. Arrested for a crime you've yet to commit.

 

[Occamstazer]

Hmmmmm this sounds iffy. Sounds very "minority reportish" the movie. Arrested for a crime you've yet to commit.

It doesn't sound like an arrest to me, despite the poor choice of phrasing. According to the OP article it's for those who've already been diagnosed with a mental illness and have been on treatment for it.

Now, “you have a family member who goes to the Department of Health and gives them the information. Then they go to the Police Department, and together, the DOH person and the police go out and try to track down these people,” said a city official. “They’re just trying to get these people help.”

“All of these patients are receiving treatment for mental-health conditions,” said Department of Health spokesman Sam Miller. “If they do not receive sustained treatment . . . they could pose some risk to themselves, family members or others.”

It's not a crime to be mentally ill but if a person's mental illness renders them a potential harm to themselves or others, is it not a better option to find out who they are and get them back into treatment rather than wait until they hurt themselves or someone else?

There needs to be more adequately staffed state or city run in patient treatment facilities and supervised group homes. They haven't seemed a priority for going on 50 years now

The mentally ill have civil rights but so do the rest of us. We, as a society, have to look at the problem realistically and learn how to manage it compassionately.

 

[blastoff]

taking an desperate person in for medical evaluation can be done wisely.

When someones hygene is at a certain level they are a danger to themselves and OTHERS

Voice of Experience for five hundred, Alex!

 

[Freemason9]

Talk radio will be completely silenced.

 

[PredFan]

Talk radio will be completely silenced.

Meh, no one listens to NPR anyway.

 

[Politico]

Why do you want homeless people pushed on subway tracks katz?