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Sunday, March 27, 2011
Ind. Courts - "West Lafayette police shooting raises mental health issues"
Good story today by Sophia Voravang of the Lafayette Journal Courier about difficulties of law enforcement and judicial system in dealing with mental ill adults. A quote from the lengthy story:
The bizarre behavior that morning -- he allegedly alluded to a bomb and refused to pull over because of it, investigators said -- is the latest example of Eric Tendam's contact with law enforcement and why his parents desperately want him treated for mental illness."Our son is clearly suffering from mental illness. Our hope is that the court will see this and mandate mental health care for him," Ida Tendam, who currently is in Texas, wrote in an email to the Journal & Courier on Friday.
"We have tried for years to get help, to no avail."
Posted by Marcia Oddi on March 27, 2011 06:48 PM
Posted to Indiana Courts