Adams’ directive allows officers to remove and hospitalize people, which critics argue it’s “deeply problematic.”
allows local police officers and emergency medical workers to conduct “involuntary removals” of people who appear to be mentally ill and are “conducting themselves in a manner likely to result in serious harm to self or others.”on Tuesday, also allows authorities to remove anyone who “displays an inability to meet basic living needs”—including untreated injuries, unawareness of surroundings and their physical condition—even if officials have not observed them commit a “recent dangerous act.
Officers can then take them into custody and send them to local hospitals for a psychiatric evaluation, according to a statement from Adams’ office. In a press conference on Tuesday, Adams, a former police captain, said the city has a “moral obligation” to address the homelessness and mental illness “crisis we see all around us,” adding hospitals would be directed to keep those patients until they are stable and there is a plan to enter them into ongoing care.
When pressed about the availability of psychiatric beds in city hospitals, Adams said Gov. Kathy Hochul agreed to allocate 50 new psychiatric beds, although he did not specify where they would be, saying “we are going to find a bed for everyone that needs and come into what we are doing.
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