a great many people within the average policeman must cope are mentally disturbed a few of these become violent it's fortunate when the police can call on skilled psychiatric attendants for help however most of the time the police must deal with  mentally disturbed on their own the vast majority of mentally disturbed people are not violent they're borderline cases who will continue to live outside institutions many are old people whose bodily deals are affecting their mind t the mentally retarded are seldom violent the bullies problem here is to keep the boy from being teased or misled into serious crime like the officer who is aware of the neighborhood situation and knows the boy's family is in a better position to head off real trouble  the would be suicide is also suffering from some type of emotional disturbance once rescued such persons are almost never difficult to handle but they tend to be repeaters unless safeguards are taken the police may well have to rescue this man all over again tonight the public seldom appreciate how risky and time consuming these rescues can be has attempted suicide should be held until medical help can be found the belt shoe laces or clothes he might use in a new attempt to kill himself are of course removed he should be allowed to smoke but given no matches you precinct stations have special isolation cells in this one the toilet bowl wash basin and bunk are all possible sources of danger if the prisoner should make another attempt on his already in that he can't hurt anybody and he can't hurt himself we'll let a doctor look at him in the morning in the meantime if you can get an ambulance from one of the psychiatric hospitals and take him to the hospital we'll be glad to release him to you but he'll be better off here until you can do that you that's all right once again taking time to talk with the family is good police work most reports of trouble come to the police without any suggestion that a mental patient might be involved they must be prepared for anything even when reinforcements are here delay is still part of the sergeant's plan perhaps you can win mr horace's confidence and avoid any physical struggle let me come in to talk to you we heard have trouble with the neighbors or want to come in knows other people are listening in part his words of defiance are spoken for their ears and noisy crowds can disrupt the most careful approach even when the police are working behind closed doors we're not going to watch the sergeant continues to take his time knowing his arm cover men are in position to move quickly if necessary and having trouble with the neighbors that's why we're here to protect you mentally disturbed people feel pain quite as much as the rest of us part of mr horace's resistance is due to muscle spasms frightened in the wilderness he obviously is the more he is hurt the more he will struggle blows and panglossian holes could make him go it's a shock to most people when handcuffs are used whenever possible they should be avoided right now sergeant contraries hands his voice and his on hurried pace are helping paul's sick mind to accept these restraints with the least possible damage  what a disturbed person experiences during these first crisis hours can have an important influence on his chances of ever making a permanent recovery most places this is not yet possible the police have no place to hold disturb people but in jail sometimes overnight sometimes for much longer