Inducing Panic

[LadyKay]

A family member was charged with inducing panic. This came about because she flipped out and  climbed up to the top of a very high wall and refused to come down. She did this with her 11 year old daughter watching her. Her daughter was freaking out, all upset, screaming at her mom to come down off the wall. Her daughter called a friend and explain to her what was going on. The friend called the cops as did some other people who saw what was going on. When the cops showed up and told her to get down, she refused to do so. So the cops went up and got her down by force. She ended up getting arrested and spent the night in jail. She was charged with  "inducing panic" which she pleaded "not guilty" to and now has upcoming court dates.  This was thought to be a suicide attempt. I always thought that the cops would take someone like that to a mental health place not to jail. But I have never done such a thing so I do not know. Anyway that is the story.