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Enforcement on an inflatable device at one point in time. inner tubing is apparently illegal on lake paris out here in california. i've been taken to jail on a 5150, which is a psychiatric evaluation for oneself for others because i was wearing a renaissance fair costume at the time. i was just in half of my garb, knee-high moccasins, buckskin leggings. that's a great story when you're inside and somebody goes, so what are you in for? you know? it makes for good conversation. >> stokes is using part of his time in oc to tell another story, one he hopes to sell in nearby hollywood. >> are you g...

Statute. i think it's 5150. and it's a similar situation. when the police were summoned or called and essentially it was a welfare check that the mother had said i'm concerned about my son, and i've looked at the videos that were out there prior to this last one, and, you know, essentially what you were looking at was an individual that was, you know, perhaps narcissistic, he was depressed, lonely, felt that he was being excluded from society, but, you know, he was a highly functioning individual. so i could see where when the police came to actually interview him that they would have encounte...

Have done differently or anything more? >> i think the system could have done something differently. the six officer who is went that day, really their hands are tied by the constitutional restrictions on search and seizure. the laws are the problem, not the cops. we should be looking at a model that is use ld, for instance,inn canada where a psychiatrist goes with the cops on these checks, anything that could trigger a mental health evaluation or result in a that 5150, 72 hours of psychiatric evaluation. cops should not be in the position of judging mental health. >> pardon me for stopping yo...

What more can be done? >> well, again, like casey was just explaining, you know, the 5150 statute in california, like most states, allows for somebody to be held for a period of up to 72 hours. you know, there's been $1.8 billion has been shed from state budgets for mental health between 2009 and 2011. and as a result, you know, they're looking at strictly crisis stabilization. somebody comes in, they just want to stabilize them, put them on some prescriptions and then refer them to a community-based, you know, psychiatric facility, and they're trying to clear up the bed space because again, y...

>> what i can tell you is that when the deputies contacted him, he -- you know, this was in response to a check on the welfare call, to cheg on his welfare, to see how he was doing out of concern for him. the deputies contacted him directly at his residence and they determined that he did not meet the criteria for an involuntary mental health hold. he was, as i said, courteous and polite. he appeared timid and shy. he did not meet the criteria for 5150 of the welfare institution's code, which is what would authorize him being held temporarily for an examination. he expressed to the deputies th...