taken awe eoff of the streets tucson? well, in arizona, it is easier for family to send family for treatment. >> and it will be the recommendation of a teacher or father or anyone, a mobil response unit to conduct an evaluation, and if that person is found to be in a particular state, they can be involuntarily committed. >> reporter: but cnn has learned that jared loughner was never in the arizona mental health system. even if someone is flagged, it is a complicated problem. he has to be proven a danger to himself or others or is nonfunctional and the first step of forcing treatment. then it has to go before a judge, and even then -- the person if the they are represented by an attorney could try to mitigate that? >> indeed. in our judicial system and in working with the mentally ill, it is looked upon as adversarial situation, so you have a lawyer