not to report what??

Anyone at risk of harming themselves can be considered a criminal offense. Helping someone in need is usually covered under the "good samaritan" laws of many countries that prevent you from being sued should you help someone.

Most people have a LEGAL obligation to report abuse, suicide, etc. involving a person under the age of 16.

glad im 17 then... but im not about to but i guess i might give that impression sometimes and i would hate for someone to report someone that was just feeling very low

death...feeling low is different. There have been items on this board about suicidal thinking and planning.

Candleinthewind had also posted that many young women are coming to us who may also be experiencing suicidal tendencies.

Unless your local police think you are wasting their precious time then you are just pissing them off.
My personal experience here. Never received such inhumane treatment anywhere else. I filed a complaint but still should have never been subjected to all of that.
Just my two cents worth.

yea i realise that but sometimes when i feel low i do threaten to kill myself because i (at the time of feeling low) want to die. that dosent mean im going to do it i just want to and im letting off steam. heck ive planned suiide many times but im still here.

can you imagine feeling low enought to commit suicide then having someone call the cops?? it would push me over the edge thats for sure!

i dont think thats the point of this convo though.

I live in Warren, Ohio. As if that is explaination enough of why we don't call the police. If someone from my town needed transportation to an ER for suicidal tendencies, I would be very happy to call them a taxi cab, even pay for it myself... but I would not call the police.

Oh, FYI for anyone who caught the video on one of our officers tassering the mother who who went out with friends adter a wedding and was just sitting in a car waiting for her friend to drive her home? It was national news, on the early shows and entertainment tonight and all over? That same officer is being disaplined for another incidence... in this town, people have been going out with video cameras over police brutality for years... TWICE the police have searched my home without a warrent, once when I was at work and my kid and the neighbors told me, wrote down the number off the cruiser... but no report was even filed. I've sat on a curb and talked to a homeless women who had been beaten down by police for making the mistake of falling asleep on a picnic table. We don't call the police unless it is absolutely neccessary. If someone is suicidal, sending the law might scare them out of getting the help they need. Or just get the person arrested or beat down.

In Most States, it is a criminal offense not to report..In my case, as a Reserve Police officer i am a Mandatory reporter... this is also true for FireFighters, Doctors, Nurses,Social Workers and others in similar positions. I also think people have a moral responsibility to report.It mioght be tough or scary at first, but in the end i think it is the right thing to do. This is just my opinion, but i would hope other people would have the same opinion.

DUH, we can. It has already happened. And any one who runs a website has access to IP information from their computer or their ISP.

Perhaps, I should mention that I have and would call the police, especially in the event of a minor being at risk.

Thanks. I will look into it.

peoplearedumb - DUH - i did call the cops. they found her...........so it CAN be done xx

see though this is the type of thing that keeps people from even opening up... when people break trust by just calling the cops. when my adopted mother was looking for help for me they told her to trick me into stayin in the house and then call the cops to get me... thats terrible... it doesnt help... having no one to reach out to for fear of betrayal is why people take things out on themselves in the first place... the person who is harming themselves should be involved if they arent in a state of psychosis..otherwise it wont help... getting help wont work if the person doesnt want it

im sorry but if sum1 tells me theyve taken meds n cut themselves n theyve got 2 young kids.......obviously im gonna do sumthin. n im sick of gettin shit from ppl because of it.......this thread was 2 PROMOTE foning the police

ok then get them help... but it shouldnt be secretive behind their back.. they can be involved in getting help... its just not right... think about how you would feel if cops just showed up at your door...they should be involved in helping themselves is all im saying