St. Thomas Law Review – Mental Health

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A 911 Call for Help Shouldn’t Have to End in Tragedy: Addressing the Fatal Encounters Between Law Enforcement and Individuals with Disabilities

April 18, 2024By Victoire Jonqua

On Saturday, March 9th, 2024, Ryan Gainer, a fifteen-year-old Black boy with autism, was shot and killed by a San Bernardino police officer right in front of his family home in Apple Valley, Southern California.[i] Gainer’s family called 911 after he attacked his sister during a disagreement and broke a glass door.[ii] When the […]

Aviation Law Featured Federal Law Mental Health

The Pilot’s Dilemma to “Get Help or Keep Your Job”: How Federal Law Creates a Lack of Access to Pilots’ Mental Health Care

April 16, 2024By Rosanne Sherman

There is an elephant in the cockpit. Pilots have described the elephant as “at best humiliating or embarrassing, at worst the end of our flying careers.”[i] The “elephant” is mental illness, which the general public has universally stigmatized. There is an increasing number of pilots flying while suffering from an untreated mental illness that […]

Criminal Law Mental Health

A Much Needed Change: How We View and Tackle Drug Addiction

March 29, 2021By Danay Hernandez

President Nixon declared drug abuse “public enemy number one.” Consequently, it should be absolutely no surprise that the war on drugs has resulted in the longest and deadliest war in the United States of America. The war on drugs has stormed the world for many decades. As of today, the war on drugs has been ongoing for forty-nine years.

Mental Health

A New Response to Mental-Health Related 911 Calls: Cities Send Trained Workers Instead of Police Officers to Non-Violent Calls

November 3, 2020By Patricija Gegznaite

Cities are finally changing their approach to public safety and law enforcement regarding mental health and non-violent crises.

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