Description
There is a woman, about 60-70 years old, who wanders the area around MacDade Blvd. and Morton Ave. Sometimes she is in the little shopping area by Advance Auto Parts. She approaches people and begins talking incoherently. She seems quite friendly, but is definitely unstable...she will go into the street and begin talking to people in their cars while they are stopped at a light. Last evening in the rain, she stood in the middle of Morton Ave. and nearly missed being hit by several cars! She is thin and about 5ft. tall. She has gray, curly hair. I stopped at the Ridley police station to tell them she was in the street, but it seems there is nothing they can do. This poor lady needs to be looked after....it is a tragedy waiting to happen.
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d (Guest)
Ready up :)
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tech77 (Guest)
Actually I do d guest and here is a bit of info for you :)
An involuntary commitment is an application for emergency evaluation and treatment for persons who are "dangerous" to themselves or others due to a mental illness. Dangerousness is determined based on the following criteria:
Danger to self shall be shown by establishing that within the previous 30 days:
the person would be unable without the care, supervision and assistance of others to satisfy his/her need for nourishment, personal or medical care, shelter or self protection or safety and that death or serious physical debilitation would occur within 30 days unless treatment was provided;
the person has attempted suicide or the person has made threats to commit suicide and committed acts in furtherance of the threats; or
the person has mutilated himself/herself or the person has made threats to mutilate and committed acts in furtherance of the threats.
Danger to others shall be shown by establishing that within the previous 30 days the person has inflicted or attempted to inflict serious bodily harm on another or has threatened serious bodily harm and has committed acts in furtherance of the threat to commit harm to another.
Because this commitment is involuntary it may require the assistance of family, crisis professionals, police, ambulance and any other person involved in the crisis.
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