Involuntary Commitment
Number of Miami-Dade students ‘Baker Acted’ on the rise
At least 646 times this year, Miami-Dade school police have handcuffed a student, put him or her in the back of a patrol car and driven to a mental health facility under the rules in Florida’s mental health law, the Baker Act. Miami Herald By Laura Isensee and David Ovalle June 18, 2012 The number [...]