Social Worker Story

 I read through a ten-line story this morning.....concerning NY City police and a decision they've made in the past couple of days.

So when you call into the 911-folks....and the hint from the call is that there's a 'nutcase' involved....the police won't respond.  They will simply hand the case off to social workers. 

You can imagine 'Marvin' and 'Mary'.....ten-year employees of the city social worker system, and they were brought in this week....to be briefed that things kinda changed, and they might be dealing with some severe cases of nutty behavior.

What'll likely occur?  Marvin and Mary will arrive at some street corner, with a guy acting pretty bizarre.  Mary will try to talk to the guy, and after sixty seconds....realize that he's pretty serious and likely to flip into an assault situation.  As she turns (in hopes that Marvin is there to back her up)....she discovers that Marvin is ten paces behind her now and is of zero value.  

My humble guess?  This NY City police decision will be revisited by the end of July, and at least twenty cases of assault will be noted by the city social worker teams. Will the police just take back the duty?  No....I think they will draw this out and openly challenge the city leadership to admit they really screwed up badly.