r/nextfuckinglevel • u/bendubberley_ • 1d ago

A police officer in Mexico prevents someone's suicide attempt, on a bridge, with no safety equipment.

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u/HillarysFloppyChode 1d ago

No they give him mental health treatment.

It’s Mexico, not fucking America.

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u/Cabanarama_ 1d ago

I love to shit on america as much as the next american but nobody is getting arrested for being suicidal, thats fucking stupid

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u/Semi-Disposable 1d ago

You should get out more. You want to look up what a 5150 is. And police will "take you into custody" and you will be held until released, then charged with resisting arrest. If you don't just get shot that is.

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u/MaritMonkey 1d ago edited 1d ago

will be held until released, then charged with resisting arrest. If you don't just get shot that is.

I worked night security in college and "Baker Acted" probably a dozen people over the years. None of them were shot and only one was possibly held the full 72 hours (he probably wasn't, but he dropped out of school). Most were seen and released within the first day (generally the next morning).

There were some minor vandalism charges involved due to the situations that led to me calling the police in the first place, but none of them involved jail time and "resisting arrest" is a completely separate charge.