But also, in regards to the escalated autistic child, I believe it shouldn't REQUIRE a social worker to prevent that child from being shot
I think that a properly trained police officer can also be taught the simple understanding that no matter which direction the situation goes with a small escalated autistic child who is unarmed, there is absolutely no reason to pull out a gun. I think it is possible to train that
And there is mental health training for police. For our police nowadays it's called CIS although I forget what it is an acronym for, crisis intervention something. It's basically a division of police that has been trained in mental health and what it looks like who are requested to go out on mental health calls. This special division of police is who does the mental health pick ups, which are people in the community who have been petitioned, or in CA or other states it's called 51/50'd or Baker Act'ed, to be evaluated against their will at a hospital due to serious credible immediate threats to self/others PLUS mental illness symptoms
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