Milwaukee County Combined Community Services Board v. Haskins

The treatment director of the Milwaukee County Mental Health Center signed a statement of emergency detention under the Mental Health Act, 1 to commence the involuntary commitment of Gerald Haskins who had been admitted to the Milwaukee county treatment facility upon a commitment as a criminal defendant not competent to proceed under ch. 971, Stats. The treatment director sought to satisfy the “recent conduct evidencing dangerousness” requirement of the Mental Health Act by relying upon Haskins’ treatment record. Because we read the Mental Health Act in conjunction with sec. 971.14(5),…