MiataCory

Michigan used to have a very robust mental healthcare system, even if it was (in hindsight, seemingly) a pretty terrible place to be.

But, then the Republicans happened.

Specifically:

In Michigan, governor John Engler closed almost all state mental health institutions in his quest to cut fiscal spending and to balance the budget.

So, where did all the patients go when they abruptly shut down all their hospitals?

... the mentally ill comprise 23 percent of Michigan's 41,000 prisoners. And about 64 percent of county jail inmates in Michigan have a mental illness.

Because your maps program sucks.

Most maps programs (including Google maps and Apple maps) only load data over your cell connection. They don't (generally) store the data for offline use.

So, you go out of cell service, and the GPS knows your exact coordinates, but your mapping program has no map to put them on.

Google has released offline maps, but you have to specifically select them before you're out of the data coverage area. Other apps are better too and meant specifically to solve this problem for people who do backcountry hiking and such (I use Osmand, but there are others).

Ours was a "Resource Officer".

So he was a cop, but was mostly there to keep tabs on the troubled kids. He was more of a counselor than an officer, though he did have arrest powers and carry a gun. There were a couple times where he'd go in and cuff a kid who was fighting or something.

But, at the same time, he was providing some really good community outreach for kids who really needed it.