Dont blame the therapists. They are governed by HIPAA privacy rules. This falls squarely on Sheriff Israel, the Broward Schools and the FBI...the Miami Herald wants to distract the public from that fact yet again
HIPPA, up to the point that someone is crazy. At the point that he is a danger to others or himself something should be done.
I guess it all depends on whether anything Cruz might've been arrested for would've resulted in a felony conviction (domestic violence misdemeanors didn't apply and Florida has no "red flag" restraining order laws). Law enforcement tends to tread lightly when dealing with people who are obvious mental cases, believing that somehow the person would be better served by mental health care than incarceration - but often there's a huge disconnect where the two systems should work together. In the case of Broward county, that disconnect was enshrined in official policy.
We need to know, for starters, what other locations around the country are following Broward's example. Who else was at that "reduction of juvenile delinquency" symposium in D.C.?