Thread: How is this possible?

InHonorofRay, o.k. I'm with you now,,,
Many things can contribute to a person finding themselves in the catagory of "homeless".
Many times it has nothing to do with lack of motivation or education.
Not all cases are alike & for a lot of people this is only a temporary state.
In the case of the woman in the OP, her condition has probably gotten to a point where it is out of her control. A person would have to sit down & review her case, to determine the best way to help her.

Originally Posted by HNSB

That's a lot of speculation...

Actually, no it's not,,please read the post again & try to stay with the point I was trying to make. Maybe I did not get that point across, I'll will try harder if you explain your response.
I have studied many, many, rap sheets over the 25 years, it was part of my job.; looking for indicators that would explain trends in the individual (such as career criminals) or the area (grid) of high call volume.

Originally Posted by Hirlau

InHonorofRay, o.k. I'm with you now,,,
Many things can contribute to a person finding themselves in the catagory of "homeless".
Many times it has nothing to do with lack of motivation of education.
Not all cases are alike & for a lot of people this is only a temporary state.
In the case of the woman in the OP, her condition has probably gotten to a point where it is out of her control. A person would have to sit down & review her case, to determine the best way to help her.

I agree completely, and my original post had nothing to do with her being homeless at all. I just think getting arrested 396 times is unthinkable.

So what's so special about this?

In this state there are people who have that many arrests for DUI alone and are still walking around.

There are loads of folks who have rap sheets that are like a book. they started getting into trouble as kids and it just extends through adulthood. Either they keep doing minor stuff and the system doesn't have the time or room for them so they just kick the can down the road or they eventually graduate to something serious and wind up in the big house.

Hirlau, thanks for your service, all of your service.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

So what's so special about this?

In this state there are people who have that many arrests for DUI alone and are still walking around.

There are loads of folks who have rap sheets that are like a book. they started getting into trouble as kids and it just extends through adulthood. Either they keep doing minor stuff and the system doesn't have the time or room for them so they just kick the can down the road or they eventually graduate to something serious and wind up in the big house.

The sad truth of it. We had many indivuduals in my city that broke the 200+ arrest mark.

Originally Posted by lz6

Hirlau, thanks for your service, all of your service.

It was just a way to make a living, a family tradition.
Had my father been good with money or an engineer, I probably would have followed that path in life; then I would have been rich & I would have a real Shave Den, not my cramped bathroom.

Originally Posted by Hirlau

It was just a way to make a living, a family tradition.
Had my father been good with money or an engineer, I probably would have followed that path in life; then I would have been rich & I would have a real Shave Den, not my cramped bathroom.

It is an honorable way to make a living. Thanks!

I would have to say the poor sole is extreamly mentally challanged just by looking at her,tis a sad thing
She someday will die on the streets,most do,end of issue.

Well in my life-time I have seen social services slashed to the core.

This leads those who need help resort to things that go against the law of the land.

We expand the police force because of this - but it's not the job of Police to provide aid to violators, so we look to the justice system.

The justice system has two options - to either send the offenders to get help in a social program or to incarcerate. The funding to rehabilitate is gone... only to incarcerate.

And that's all there is too it. The sick will never get out of the system.

Sure there are a ton of holes in the above but in the grand scheme, that's the deal.