In February, jurors found Andrew Buen guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the 2022 death of Christian Glass. Prosecutors alleged that Buen needlessly escalated a standoff with Glass, who showed signs of a mental health crisis and refused orders to get out of his SUV near Silver Plume, a small, former mining town along Interstate 70 in the Rocky Mountains west of Denver.
His parents and the agencies involved reached a $19 million settlement that also made changes to how officers are trained to respond to people in mental health crises.
More than 50% of all people in the world will experience at least one mental health crisis in their lives.
“A mental health crisis is when someone’s behaviors prevent them from functioning or indicate they might harm themselves or others.”
So anything from anxiety and depression to suicidal thoughts with specific symptoms can fit the definition of a mental health crisis.
Thus why your comment is ridiculous.
I could see calling panic attacks a “mental health crisis”.
I had them years ago. I would feel one coming on during my drive home and so I would pull off into a parking lot, park the car, lay the driver’s seat all the way back, and blast the air conditioner while focusing on my breathing until I felt safe to drive again.
I’m glad no one ever called the cops on me.