In this case the assistant, and not the hiring professional, is responsible for the tax withholdings. However, labeling an assistant an independent contractor requires careful planning with an accountant and an attorney, as the financial liability for making a mistake in this area is great.
Police officers frequently encounter people with mental illnessâapproximately 5 percent of U.S. residents have a serious mental illness, Â§ and 10 to 15 percent of jailed people have severe mental illness. [2] An estimated 7 percent of police contacts in jurisdictions with 100,000 or more people involve the mentally ill.
According to the Surgeon General's Report on Mental Illness, it is estimated that in an average one-year period, 22 to 23 percent of the U.S. adult populationâor 44 million peopleâhave diagnosable mental disorders.ental health care providers report that our capacity for emergency psychiatric care is regressing to a time 40 years ago when providers had to accompany patients to the emergency room and wait with them for care. Criminal justice professionals report that 60-75% of those in some of our jails have a mental illness.