KFF Health News February 8, 2024
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Philadelphia police officers Kenneth Harper and Jennifer Torres were in their patrol car sitting at a red light when a call came in over the 911 radio dispatch.
“This job says ‘female complaint in reference to dispute with daughter, suffers from bipolar, infant on location,’” Harper read off the computer near the front seat.
The officers got a little more information from the dispatcher: A mother needed help with her adult daughter who had become combative after drinking alcohol.
It was a Friday morning. Harper and Torres...
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