Originally Posted by Dan Druff
The police cannot assume each unruly person they deal with is mentally disturbed.
We don't even have evidence that this girl was mentally disturbed. Sounds like a a lot of assumptions are being thrown around in order to make the girl sound more victim-like.
Would your opinion about this change if you learned that the girl did not have mental/emotional handicaps, and was simply being a defiant bitch?
It's in the approach. You approach the situation as a disturbed child, not as a perp that could be dangerous. You can't know the former in advance, but if the situation is with a minor and they're not attacking someone at that moment or even accused of it, you would hope that decorum would dictate a softer approach.
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