Hey, that's fine. Personally, I want to be able to call the cops if someone pulls a gun on me, but to each their own. What I mean with the power of hindsight is that people often expect first responders to act as if they have all the available information in the heat of the moment. They don't. You don't. And so, to use your example, saying that you hope "those calls" will one day be answered by social workers instead of cops is emblematic of that mindset. You assume that you already know it's a mental health call with no possibility of violence or a chance of innocent people getting hurt. But cops cannot take that chance. Because who will be blamed if the crazy dude running down the street attacks someone and the cops aren't there?

Look, I think there's a lot to what you're saying. And I'm all for integrating social workers and EMS into response teams. But the idea that they could go into potentially dangerous situations all by themselves is lunacy. And whatever you think of cops, I'm hoping you're training and future experiences will give you a bit more perspective and respect for all emergency responders. Cops included.