SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS ARONS 34 56 57 58 59 60 61 BOBBY VASSAR 4 CARL THORSEN 4 CAYCE 149 190 195 196 197 CHABOT 13 DANIEL J. BRYANT 4 DEWINE 15 32 ESLINGER 120 191 192 GEKAS 9 11 13 14 21 30 32 34 56 57 60 61 65 76 92 100 108 109 110 111 114 118 130 138 149 164 180 187 188 189 190 194 195 197 203 GLENN R. SCHMITT 4 HOGAN 76 77 110 JACKSON LEE 114 115 116 117 118 197 198 201 202 203 JULIAN EPSTEIN 3 MELEKIAN 62 65 110 111 113 NOTE 149 RICK FILKINS 4 SCHRUNK 118 130 189 193 194 195 198 201 SCOTT 12 57 58 59 60 77 111 113 114 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 203 SHARFSTEIN 101 109 113 115 SLATE 138 188 189 200 STRICKLAND 21 30 THOMAS E. MOONEY, SR 3 THOMPSON 180 WEBDALE 92 109 117 WILKINSON 164 202 203 CONTENTS SPEAKERS INSERTS OPENING STATEMENT OF PRESIDING CHAIRMAN GEKAS PAGE 9 STATEMENT OF HON. MIKE DeWINE, A U.S. SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF OHIO PAGE 15 STATEMENT OF HON. TED STRICKLAND, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF OHIO PAGE 21 STATEMENT OF BERNARD S. ARONS, M.D., DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES PAGE 33 STATEMENT OF BERNARD K. MELEKIAN, PRESIDENT, LOS ANGELES COUNTY POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION, AND CHIEF, PASADENA POLICE DEPARTMENT, PASADENA, CA PAGE 62 STATEMENT OF MICHAEL F. HOGAN, DIRECTOR, OHIO DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, ON BEHALF OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM DIRECTORS PAGE 76 STATEMENT OF KIM WEBDALE, NEW YORK, NY PAGE 92 STATEMENT STEVEN S. SHARFSTEIN, M.D., PRESIDENT AND MEDICAL DIRECTOR, SHEPPARD PRATT HEALTH SYSTEM, BALTIMORE, MD PAGE 101 STATEMENT OF DONALD F. ESLINGER, SHERIFF, SEMINOLE COUNTY, FLORIDA PAGE 120 STATEMENT MICHAEL D. SCHRUNK, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OREGON PAGE 130 STATEMENT RISDON N. SLATE, MEMBER, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR THE MENTALLY ILL, LAKELAND, FL PAGE 138 STATEMENT OF JAMES D. CAYCE, JUDGE, SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, SEATTLE, WA PAGE 149 STATEMENT REGINALD A. WILKINSON, DIRECTOR, OHIO DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION AND CORRECTION, AND VICE PRESIDENT, ASSOCIATION OF STATE CORRECTIONAL ADMINISTRATORS, COLUMBUS, OH PAGE 164 STATEMENT OF ROBERT J. THOMPSON, CHAIRMAN, LAW AND JUSTICE COMMITTEE, PENNSYLVANIA STATE SENATE, HARRISBURG, PA PAGE 180 INSERTS SPEAKERS CONTENTS NO INSERTS IN THIS HEARING