Walk It Through: The Evaluation Hold
An officer's 12 hour hold, then an emergency hold of up to 72 hours, and no second one.
From direct observation, a peace officer believes a person is in danger of harming self or others without immediate detention.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One peace officer hold followed by an emergency hold. The petition for commitment, the judicial hold a court may order, the hearing, and the rules for a developmental disability are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- Emergency holdA hold a facility may place, with its head's consent and an examiner's written statement, lasting up to 72 hours, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, after the examiner signs the statement.
- Peace officer holdCustody a peace officer or health officer takes on reason to believe a person has a mental illness or developmental disability and is in danger of harming self or others without immediate detention. An examiner examines the person within 12 hours of arrival, and the hold ends at 12 hours if nothing else has ended it first.