I’d mentioned yesterday that most of America, and maybe most people beyond, has some kind of prescription for a mood-altering or mind-altering substance, having been diagnosed with a mental or emotional disorder of some sort.
This is not to say that there aren’t people who need such pharmaceuticals. Many benefit from chemistry and even entire chemical cocktails in order to deal with debilitating depression, anxiety, phobias, even life-altering conditions like schizophrenia.
But often, a person who is undergoing the stressors of life (such as a high-stress job) or a singular tragedy that some will face (such as the death of a child) will be prescribed drugs that might be just a little more than what they really need, especially as the stressors back off a little bit and time passes.
And while that’s often the patient’s request, sometimes it’s because of the prescriber.
That’s the situation two local law enforcement officers—one an active-duty Harrisburg patrolman, one a former court security officer—have found themselves in after becoming patients of a local psychiatrist. Now, without further intro, here’s your evening Read the Lead from the Egypt section of the August-September edition, Troubled officers connected by psychiatrist who overmedicated:
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SALINE CO.— A pair of Saline county lawmen, who have had more than their share of legal woes and run-ins with fellow officers, may not be the rogue, out-of-control, some say ‘crazy’ cops once thought.
Brent Stanley
Kyle Schwartz
At first glance and taking the cases separately, Harrisburg police officer Brent Stanley and court security officer Kyle Schwartz appear to be just another pair of cops gone bad, but Disclosure has uncovered something the two men, who only knew each other in passing, didn’t even know— they were being medicated by the same doctor.
Not so oddly enough, in retrospect and after connecting the two men with Dr. Julie Handwerk, Stanley and Schwartz got crossways with authorities and were arrested within about three months of each other.
Stanley March 2012
On March 7, 2012, at the Clearwave Building in Harrisburg, where Harrisburg police and other entities had set up a command center for quick response in the aftermath of the February 29, 2012 Leap Day Tornado that devastated portions of the town, officer Joel Brent Stanley (who goes by Brent Stanley) was questioned by fellow officer David Morris….
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To read the rest of the article, click the headline link above the excerpt if you have an online membership to the e-Edition; or, if you don’t have a membership, click this link here to get started. But if you prefer to hold a newspaper in your hands, you can still pick up a copy of this month’s issue at your Saline County vendors, including in Harrisburg M&H Liquors, Discount Food Mart, Book Emporium and both locations of ROC One-Stop! Hurry…this issue is only on stands for a few mor days, when the new September edition will be delivered beginning Tuesday, September 9!