New guidance from Mayor Eric Adams’ office gives law enforcement more power to take people to the hospital against their will. But experts, advocates and the city’s largest police union worry a policy intended to help people could instead cause more harm.
after officers found him standing in the middle of Queens Boulevard without a shirt, socks or shoes in October 2019.Philip T. Yanos, a clinical psychologist and professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, said he’s concerned that giving officers more discretion to force people to go to the hospital will create more risk for individuals who need help.
Yanos has convinced patients to go to the hospital voluntarily and watched officers take patients by force. Sometimes force is the only option, he said. But his preference is always to bring someone with their consent. Bronx Defenders Executive Director Justine Olderman called the directive “short-sighted” and an outdated approach to address people’s fears of crime.
When Keli Young first heard the news, she was overcome with fear. Young works closely with people experiencing homelessness and mental health complexities as a campaign coordinator for VOCAL-NY, and she worries this policy will have the opposite of its intended effect.
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