Mandatory reporting, threatened suicide. . .

[Miss Peregrine]

Who do I call? This is a minor.

[TeenagerMom]

You can call 911. They will send an officer to do a welfare check to determine the situation. Ask for the officer to call you. They can pick the juvenile up to take them to the local E.R. for a 72 hour hold (at least, that's how it works in my state) for commitment to a psychiatric facility.

[Pamela H in Texas]

Yes, you call the police for an immediate issue. And they have statutes that allow them to hold a child so as a decision can be made (release, put in psych ward voluntarily, committed, etc).

[higginszoo]

Definitely 911 for threatened suicide.

[FaithManor]

You can call 911. They will send an officer to do a welfare check to determine the situation. Ask for the officer to call you. They can pick the juvenile up to take them to the local E.R. for a 72 hour hold (at least, that's how it works in my state) for commitment to a psychiatric facility.

 

 

Absolutely this! In Michigan, dispatch will send a squad car and an ambulance. Paramedics can transport minors against their will if there is reason to believe they will hurt themselves. For that matter, in many cases, they can also transport adults for this reason but the police officer has to sign off on that.

 

Faith

[Harriet Vane]

:grouphug:

[Jean in Newcastle]

In our state there is a Crisis Hotline that you call. They will send someone out.

[Jen in PA]

:grouphug:

[Lang Syne Boardie]

Here it's 911 and the police will make the connection to the right people.

 

Praying. :grouphug:

[Miss Peregrine]

Thank you all. The sheriff was called.

[MomatHWTK]

:grouphug: