I can tell you from first hand experience how true that is.But, because most states were forced to change these laws and limit the circumstances under which someone could be legally detained, our streets are not as safe as they once were.
We have swung from one extreme (warehousing the mentally ill) to the other (almost impossible to have someone admitted) - as a society (and government), we seem to always swing from one extreme to the other, never able to find the "sweet spot" in the middle.
Above reproach?This ex reporter who MURDERED these people would probably have never got a job with a TV news station unless he had a squeeky clean record and high recommendations.
What we have to worry about is when crimes like this are committed by people such as this ex reporter who are considered respectable upstanding citizens almost beyond reproach...
Wow...have you not seen the reports of this guy's history?
It looks like this guy did not get his job at our local TV station because he was "sqeeky clean", but probably because he was bounced from numerous other jobs because of his problems, and no doubt previous employers kept their mouths shut in an effort to stave off possible lawsuits.
He was fired 2 years ago by our local station and had to be escorted off the premises by the police because he did not take his firing well.
To his credit, the local station manager has given extensive interviews where he had given the reasons / circumstances of his firing, most of which were his inability to "play with others".