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christie · 11-17-2009, 10:27 AM

Nothing surprises me these days...

It sounds like everyone, his family included, failed him. Did they know he owned the firearm? Did they alert the police to the possibility he was armed? The hospital?

We had a recent incident with a family member with suicidial ideation and a plan. When the local law enforcement was alerted to the situation, the dispatcher specifically asked if he had any weapons in the house.

I'm not saying that the police department and the hospital have no fault here; clearly the hospital has not followed their own procedure, just that it might not all lie with them. I am sure that the family is looking to assign blame in their grieving process; survivors of suicide are often left with so many woulda, shoulda, couldas.

11-17-2009, 10:27 AM	#8
christie Member How Do You Identify?: A Force with which to be reckoned Preferred Pronoun?: just be nice... Relationship Status: I call her Mine Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Transplanted to the PNW Posts: 1,246 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,552 Thanked 2,476 Times in 706 Posts Rep Power: 14753262	Nothing surprises me these days... It sounds like everyone, his family included, failed him. Did they know he owned the firearm? Did they alert the police to the possibility he was armed? The hospital? We had a recent incident with a family member with suicidial ideation and a plan. When the local law enforcement was alerted to the situation, the dispatcher specifically asked if he had any weapons in the house. I'm not saying that the police department and the hospital have no fault here; clearly the hospital has not followed their own procedure, just that it might not all lie with them. I am sure that the family is looking to assign blame in their grieving process; survivors of suicide are often left with so many woulda, shoulda, couldas.