"Legal 2000" ?

[Jay911]

Howdy all,

I just spent a week in Vegas at a conference and occasionally listening to Clark County comms. I heard the term in the title used several times, mainly by medic crews and perhaps once or twice by police (though I locked most PD out, interested mainly in Fire and EMS). What does it mean? Is it a reference to someone's immigration status? I heard crews apologizing for bringing a "legal 2000" to such-and-such a hospital on the hospital patch channel, etc.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Livewire3286]

It means that they are taking a person in for mental illness against their will. Legally commiting them, or getting them help for suicidal intentions (usually)

 

[37wes37]

Legal 2000 is the the term that medical professionals, police officers and others use to designate a patient brought in to a medical facility and placed into 4-point retraints for evaluation by a mental health professional.