Booked for Safekeeping (copy 2)

Duration: 12:00

Year Published: 1950

Creator: Stoney Associates

Complete Record: Describes the different types of mentally disturbed people a policeman must deal with, such as the senile, the mentally retarded, and the attempted suicides. Stresses the need to talk with the family to get a person’s background, using the case of a mental patient who feels his neighbors are planning to kill him. Shows a case in which a policeman handles a mentally disturbed person improperly. Points out the need for twenty-four-hour medical help for policemen who deal with the mentally disturbed.