Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs signed House Bill 2717 which will provide the state's 911 operators unlimited mental health services.
  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
    62·
    1 year ago

    This should be the default everywhere. Unbelievable that it isn’t really. Amazing that they expect people to do a job where you have to hear real life, real time horror stories every day for hours a day and just cope.

    • sky@leminal.spaceEnglish
      21·
      1 year ago

      seriously. my brother-in-law was a dispatcher for years and it took a real toll on him.

      he quit one day when a child the same age as his was gravely injured and couldn’t get in touch with my sister to make sure all was well. can’t blame him.

    • FFbob@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      1 year ago

      My county in MD has had this for years. We have a psychologist with a specialty in PTSD and first responder treatment on staff with multiple therapists in a separate section within the department. That’s been around long enough that our first psychiatrist retired from the position.

      Unfortunately I’m certain that there are very few places as progressive as we are.

  • Joe Bidet@lemmy.mlEnglish
    27·
    1 year ago

    wait. unlimited access to healthcare? isn’t it “communism” when you’re not a retired killer-machine over there?