Here is another example of our police and judicial system being out of control.
For Palm Springs man, grief and anger over an end-of-life decision - latimes.com:
If 87 year old Bill Bentinck had died while being treated badly in jail, how would the police and prosecutors have felt? Even as it is, he may have done irrepariable harm to his bladder and kidneys.
Yes Mr. Bentinck deserves an apology from the police. I also believe that someone in the police department deserves a letter of reprimand, as a minimum. His treatment was uncalled for. If they don't have it already, the police certainly need to have some leeway and flexibility in handling arrests of elderly people, who are not a risk to them.
I ask myself, If I were in the same situation with my wife critically ill, what would I have to do to avoid the humiliation and mistreatment by the police? With the large baby boom generation now in their 60s, this could get even worse The police departments of every city need to publicize exactly how a citizen should handle these end-of-life situations to avoid all of this. Should people who are clearly near the end of life "register" with the police and provide a copy of their "do not resuscitate" Maybe there does need to be a "registry" for documenting and recording end-of-life wishes. Hospitals and police departments routinely trample over the end-of-life desires of individuals, and the result is an increase in the cost of unnecessary medical care, increase in cost of police and judicial system operations, and the loss of dignity of the elderly.
For Palm Springs man, grief and anger over an end-of-life decision - latimes.com:
If 87 year old Bill Bentinck had died while being treated badly in jail, how would the police and prosecutors have felt? Even as it is, he may have done irrepariable harm to his bladder and kidneys.
Yes Mr. Bentinck deserves an apology from the police. I also believe that someone in the police department deserves a letter of reprimand, as a minimum. His treatment was uncalled for. If they don't have it already, the police certainly need to have some leeway and flexibility in handling arrests of elderly people, who are not a risk to them.
I ask myself, If I were in the same situation with my wife critically ill, what would I have to do to avoid the humiliation and mistreatment by the police? With the large baby boom generation now in their 60s, this could get even worse The police departments of every city need to publicize exactly how a citizen should handle these end-of-life situations to avoid all of this. Should people who are clearly near the end of life "register" with the police and provide a copy of their "do not resuscitate" Maybe there does need to be a "registry" for documenting and recording end-of-life wishes. Hospitals and police departments routinely trample over the end-of-life desires of individuals, and the result is an increase in the cost of unnecessary medical care, increase in cost of police and judicial system operations, and the loss of dignity of the elderly.
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