Brian Shrader

We still over-incarcerate for drug abuse issues. We still just approach the whole system wrong. But if someone gets arrested on multiple drug charges, I can get them into a rehabilitation facility quick. I can facilitate that and the courts are ready for it. There are forms with everything almost filled out for you to get a lot of that done.

Comes to mental health, we're starting from scratch in every single case.

Comes to mental health, we're starting from scratch in every single case.

Comes to mental health, we're starting from scratch in every single case.

You're going to have to start with the Florida Bar. The Florida Supreme Court started mandating mental health training for prosecutors. When I was a prosecutor, we took all the really cool classes that we thought were exciting about murders and gang prosecution and blood and gut stuff. We weren't interested in the mental health stuff.

You're going to have to start with the Florida Bar. The Florida Supreme Court started mandating mental health training for prosecutors. When I was a prosecutor, we took all the really cool classes that we thought were exciting about murders and gang prosecution and blood and gut stuff. We weren't interested in the mental health stuff.

You're going to have to start with the Florida Bar. The Florida Supreme Court started mandating mental health training for prosecutors. When I was a prosecutor, we took all the really cool classes that we thought were exciting about murders and gang prosecution and blood and gut stuff. We weren't interested in the mental health stuff.

Like I said, I spent a short time in the mental health diversion program because it was just part of the promotion chain. You had to serve your time in there before you could go to the next step. It wasn't a destination. It wasn't anything anyone was deciding to focus on.

Like I said, I spent a short time in the mental health diversion program because it was just part of the promotion chain. You had to serve your time in there before you could go to the next step. It wasn't a destination. It wasn't anything anyone was deciding to focus on.

Like I said, I spent a short time in the mental health diversion program because it was just part of the promotion chain. You had to serve your time in there before you could go to the next step. It wasn't a destination. It wasn't anything anyone was deciding to focus on.

But it extends not just between kind of the people who we see maybe at the top of the pyramid, the judges, the prosecutors, law enforcement, but even the people who work under them. For example, a mental health client goes to the jail. They put them on opioid withdrawal therapy.

But it extends not just between kind of the people who we see maybe at the top of the pyramid, the judges, the prosecutors, law enforcement, but even the people who work under them. For example, a mental health client goes to the jail. They put them on opioid withdrawal therapy.

But it extends not just between kind of the people who we see maybe at the top of the pyramid, the judges, the prosecutors, law enforcement, but even the people who work under them. For example, a mental health client goes to the jail. They put them on opioid withdrawal therapy.

The guy had never done a single opioid, but he was presenting with a lot of the same symptoms as someone who was on fentanyl or some strong opioid. And they're telling him he's going to take all this medication and go through opioid withdrawal. It was a bipolar situation. Aren't there nurses and doctors there doing these evaluations? And shouldn't they be trained to recognize this right away?

The guy had never done a single opioid, but he was presenting with a lot of the same symptoms as someone who was on fentanyl or some strong opioid. And they're telling him he's going to take all this medication and go through opioid withdrawal. It was a bipolar situation. Aren't there nurses and doctors there doing these evaluations? And shouldn't they be trained to recognize this right away?

The guy had never done a single opioid, but he was presenting with a lot of the same symptoms as someone who was on fentanyl or some strong opioid. And they're telling him he's going to take all this medication and go through opioid withdrawal. It was a bipolar situation. Aren't there nurses and doctors there doing these evaluations? And shouldn't they be trained to recognize this right away?

And when they see it, shouldn't they have an obligation to say, hey, look, red flag. This is a situation that needs to be treated differently. and especially shouldn't be treated, again, in ways that escalate, locking them in some small cell alone, tripping them down naked into a paper jumpsuit.

And when they see it, shouldn't they have an obligation to say, hey, look, red flag. This is a situation that needs to be treated differently. and especially shouldn't be treated, again, in ways that escalate, locking them in some small cell alone, tripping them down naked into a paper jumpsuit.

And when they see it, shouldn't they have an obligation to say, hey, look, red flag. This is a situation that needs to be treated differently. and especially shouldn't be treated, again, in ways that escalate, locking them in some small cell alone, tripping them down naked into a paper jumpsuit.

All of these hands-on with people can be very overstimulating, very scary, and it can really trigger things to get much worse. We've got to train everybody on that, and there has to be accountability. And unfortunately, accountability in the criminal justice system for law enforcement tends to only come after someone dies.