From an EMS standpoint, the best method I've seen is to have a bunch of cops hold them down until I get there with my ketamine filled syringe. It's the safest method. These people are having a medical problem and are going to need a hospital before jail. The nonlethal tools law enforcement carry rarely work on someone truely experiencing excited delirium. Strength and medication is really all that will work on them.
Law enforcement officers of redit. What is your excited delirium story?/What tactics would you recommend for handling such individuals?
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