Pretty low, opportunistic article if you ask me - http://www.theaustralian.com.au/lif...he-hotel-windsor/story-e6frg9zo-1227301844538
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The term "sectioned" is rarely used in WA...We use voluntary or involuntary status in reference to mental health patients. I can tell you that a family member saying "I am concerned for their well being", will NOT always lead to a person becoming an involuntary patient!...in fact, the legal aspects of someone becoming an involuntary patient are quite complex. it starts with an authorized mental health practitioner or doctor suspecting that someone HAS a mental illness....not only that, but the person must be a risk to themselves or others and must be refusing treatment. After suspecting this and meeting this criteria, the person may then be referred under Sec 26 and 28 of the Mental health Act (1996, but soon to be replaced by the 2014 act). This allows the person to be detained in an Authorized hospital for 24 hours. During this time, the patient must be examined by a psychiatrist. This examination can have a few outcomes: The patient does meet the criteria for involuntary detention and can be detained for 28 days under a Form 6. The patient is deemed to have a mental illness and agrees to treatment...this may lead to a voluntary admission, or the person may be discharged as an involuntary patient on a community treatment order (Form 10).The psychiatrist may believe that he needs more time to examine the patient, so may detain the person for a further 72 hours for further examination (Form 4). Finally, the patient may be deemed to not have a mental illness and be discharged. this is explained in Sec 43 of the act.
Whilst matters communicated to the doctor may be taken into consideration when considering a referral ("I am concerned for their well being"), the referrer must actually examine the patient and fulfill the requirements of section 26....the mental health review board and office of chief psychiatrist would be very very unhappy otherwise!!
So to summarize: Cousins may well have been referred for examination and may have been discharged after he agreed to voluntary treatment. He may have been examined and found to not have a mental illness, or he may well be released on a community treatment order. I dont know, you dont know....
It's section 26 and 29 not 28
Pretty low, opportunistic article if you ask me - http://www.theaustralian.com.au/lif...he-hotel-windsor/story-e6frg9zo-1227301844538
It's interesting that his accessing the Army base has resulted in an internal investigation amidst suggestions some morphine may have been walking out the back door and he may have had access codes for the gates.
That sounds a bit farfetched on the surface. I'd say there would be easier ways to smuggle painkillers out of the base than having BC commando his way in there like Bruce Lee in Enter the Dragon.
http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/wes...ampbell-barracks/story-fnhocxo3-1227309754547Insiders claim Cousins got through the perimeter – or a gate with an electronic code – then further breached internal security.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...en-Cousins-allow-girlfriend-scoop-arrest.html
Interesting article. In no way am i saying that what Ben was doing was right but this copper is no better
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...en-Cousins-allow-girlfriend-scoop-arrest.html
Interesting article. In no way am i saying that what Ben was doing was right but this copper is no better
The article also says 112 WA Police Officers accessed Cousins' file 300 times in 2 days. Seems a bit rough that this guy loses his job and nothing should happen to the other 100 odd cops who looked him up. Just because they didn't "use the information to their advantage" they are free to keep on snooping.
I wonder if any copper has ever bought a second hand car without doing a full criminal record & related history check on the seller.
Well they couldn't afford a new oneThe article also says 112 WA Police Officers accessed Cousins' file 300 times in 2 days. Seems a bit rough that this guy loses his job and nothing should happen to the other 100 odd cops who looked him up. Just because they didn't "use the information to their advantage" they are free to keep on snooping.
I wonder if any copper has ever bought a second hand car without doing a full criminal record & related history check on the seller.