I concur with what Justin has said - Colin falls through the cracks of our legal system. Our current sheltered accommodation facilities (eg: Com Care, Fountain House, etc) would not accept him - not that Colin would stay there anyway. Does anyone remember Greg (Martens?) who died a few years back. He was also disinclined to take his meds so he was put onto the injection (once every 3 months?) - and that stabilised him. Has that been tried with Colin?
On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 7:42 AM, Justin Ashley <justin.ash...@bridge-pt.com>wrote: > Trevor that's just not true. > > The problem with Colin is that he is mentally ill. When he takes his meds, > he becomes a peaceful decent and well-behaved guy. But he doesn't like his > meds so he stops taking them and becomes the Colin we know. > > So over the years, many times, we have engaged social services and had him > committed a couple of times. He goes into hospital, gets cleaned up, takes > his meds, and behaves impeccably. And promises to take his meds when he's > released. > > So there's no reason to hold him anymore. He has committed no crime that a > magistrate has sentenced him for. Our legal framework doesn't allow > indefinite 'Cuckoos's Nest' type indefinite psychiatric detention (thank > goodness!) unless the person can be proved to be a real danger to himself > or others. And Colin is not a danger, he's just a nuisance. > > Back on the streets Colin stops taking his meds and reverts back. To go > through the commitment process again and again would require a huge > commitment of scarce resources from social services and metro and anyway > would only ever result in getting Colin off the streets for short periods. > > So tell me, what else exactly should the 'authorities' do? > > Justin > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 06 Apr 2013, at 12:39 AM, Trevor Hughes <tghug...@gmail.com> wrote: > > This might sound a tad facetious but have you tried soap and water? I am > pretty sure Colin's allergic to those agents and will move on if they are > liberally applied. > > Make you area less hospitable - fence it off, lock the gates, whatever it > takes to prevent his access or comfortable lodgings. Might not solve the > Colin problem, but YOUR cooling problem will be solved. > > The authorities clearly do not care about Colin > > Trev > > -- > OPS [Obsid Public Safety] - 24/7 control room > ---------------------------------------------- > 021-447-1066 072-063-1653 > > For all emergencies please dial 10111 > > ---------------------------------------------- > ONW: 082 081 0142, ONW email: o...@obz.org.za > WEB: www.obswatch.org.za > ---------------------------------------------- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > The Observatory Neighbourhood watch group. To post to this group, send > email to obsnw@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send > email to obsnw+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this > group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/obsnw?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to obsnw+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- > OPS [Obsid Public Safety] - 24/7 control room > ---------------------------------------------- > 021-447-1066 072-063-1653 > > For all emergencies please dial 10111 > > ---------------------------------------------- > ONW: 082 081 0142, ONW email: o...@obz.org.za > WEB: www.obswatch.org.za > ---------------------------------------------- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > The Observatory Neighbourhood watch group. To post to this group, send > email to obsnw@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send > email to obsnw+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this > group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/obsnw?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to obsnw+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- OPS [Obsid Public Safety] - 24/7 control room ---------------------------------------------- 021-447-1066 072-063-1653 For all emergencies please dial 10111 ---------------------------------------------- ONW: 082 081 0142, ONW email: o...@obz.org.za WEB: www.obswatch.org.za ---------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups The Observatory Neighbourhood watch group. To post to this group, send email to obsnw@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to obsnw+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/obsnw?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to obsnw+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
