Drunk man throws bottle on waiting houses in Vetschau!

Drunk man throws bottle on waiting houses in Vetschau!

In an incident that recently made headlines in Vetschau, a 41-year-old was arrested after he had thrown a beer bottle against a waiting house on Bahnhofstrasse on Tuesday afternoon. This outbreak was observed by several people who were waiting in the waiting house and luckily remained unharmed, even if they were hit by the brakers flying around. The police were alerted by the waiting people who felt at risk in the situation, reports Niederlausitz Aktuell .

The man was apparently in a mental state of emergency and showed a breath alcohol value of almost three per thousand, which indicates severe alcohol -related impairment. After the incident, he was taken to the hospital by the emergency services to be treated there. The assignment raises questions about dealing with mentally polluted persons. As Sonntagsblatt , police officers are often faced with great challenges if they are confronted with people in mental crises.

crisis situations and police operations

experts agree that dealing with people in psychological exceptional situations should be significantly improved. An incident in Hamburg in 2019, in which a man was shot during a psychological crisis, has fueled the discussion about how the police act in such cases. Financial resources and staff are often missing in order to further train civil servants according to civil servants, such as Tagesschau emphasized.

Chief police commissioner Markus Eckl describes that the police are often only called when a threatening situation has already arisen. Often people in acute psychological crises have not received the necessary support, and the police see themselves in the role of intervening in difficult and potentially dangerous situations. The continuous training of civil servants in dealing with people in mental crises is indispensable.

social perception

Psychologist Hans Neulinger emphasizes that it is crucial to change the public perception of psychoses. Many people who suffer from mental illnesses are not offenders and instead earn help and support. The statistics show that a priori is very exaggerated by the risk of violence by mentally ill people.

The question remains what the correct handling of such crisis situations can look like. The police are often only alerted when it is often too late for constructive conversations. It is important to address this problem in society and to find ways of how people can get the right support in crisis situations before serious incidents occur.

All of these circumstances make it clear that both the police and in society have to rethink to help people in acute crises better and to avoid misunderstandings. The case in Vetschau could be an opportunity to think about it exactly.