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Saturday, 25 May 2019
New Brunswick Government NEEDS to pass laws to enforce the Mental Act!!!!
I'll do a Rant on this issue later on....found this out last night....Under Section 10 of the New Brunswick Mental Health Act the Cops hands are tied....they can't do NOTHING unless he commits a crime....so therefore get ready for a rowdy Summer in Fredericton!!
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Taking a person into custody for examination
10If a peace officer has reasonable grounds to believe that a person
(a) has threatened or attempted, or is threatening or attempting, to cause harm to himself or herself,
(b) has behaved or is behaving in a way that causes or is likely to cause another person harm or is causing another person to fear harm from the person,
(c) has shown or is showing a lack of competence to care for himself or herself,
and if the peace officer is of the opinion that the person is apparently suffering from a serious mental illness of a nature or degree that likely will result in harm to the person or harm to another person and that it would not be reasonable to proceed in accordance with section 9, the peace officer
(d) may take the person into custody and take the person to a medical facility, physician’s office or psychiatric facility for examination, and
(e) may require any assistance the peace officer considers necessary from any other peace officer or other person.
1969, c.13, s.10; 1985, c.4, s.43; 1989, c.23, s.5; 2017, c.4, s.1
Duties and authority of peace officers and other persons who take persons into custody
10.1A peace officer or other person who takes a person into custody under section 9 or 10 for the purpose of taking the person to a medical facility, physician’s office or psychiatric facility for examination shall promptly
(a) inform the person of the reasons for the detention and of the person’s right to retain and instruct counsel without delay, and
(b) tell the person where the person is being taken.
1989, c.23, s.5
Duties and authority of peace officers and other persons who take persons into custody
10.2A peace officer or other person who takes a person into custody under section 9 or 10 for the purpose of taking the person to a medical facility, physician’s office or psychiatric facility for examination shall
(a) retain custody of the person until the person has been examined by a physician or psychiatrist, and
(b) with the person’s consent, return the person to the person’s residence or, if that is not practicable, to the place where the person was taken into custody, if a physician or psychiatrist advises the peace officer or other person that, in the opinion of the physician or psychiatrist, the person does not require hospitalization for the person’s mental condition.