Andy Stumpf

I don't know of a law enforcement officer that I am in contact with that doesn't describe some level of this.

I was going to say I hear this from just about everybody I know in that community, but I actually can't think of any of them not telling me something along these lines here.

A couple of my buddies call them just repeat offenders or the revolving door.

They actually have described that they can tell who it is that they're going to deal with based off of the description over the radio.

And that I feel like is a lot of touch points.

So I get it.

You are not alone in those thoughts for sure.

This is in every organization I've talked to.

I can't say worldwide because I've definitely only really dealt with police in the U.S., but definitely in the U.S., east coast to west coast, northern states, southern states, everything in between.

This can be attributed to judges constantly letting people out on bail.

A lot of these individuals are homeless, unemployed and need to be incarcerated because they're dangerous.

They have been provided the resources for help, but they don't want them or don't care.

That is another narrative that I hear very often as well.

I am completely supportive of providing people the tools necessary.

necessary or needed to elevate whatever station in life they may be.

Maybe that's a place to stay for a period of time.

Maybe that's the basics of life, food, water, shelter, those type of things, an entryway into an occupation, vocational training, addiction recovery.

whether it's liquid substance abuse, drinking alcohol, or something even worse.

I want those things to exist.

But another narrative that I also hear, not only from law enforcement who deals with these people quite often, but also people who work in that world, is that it's not a lack of services available often.