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Aggression & Paranoia




Last Thursday at 12 noon I was having a pleasant chat with fellow tenant Robert about Thanksgiving holiday dinners and current events at the front of the building.  Suddenly tenant Dean King exits the building in a wild rage claiming we are talking about him.  At first I tried to assure him that is not so but he wouldn’t listen and moved on to verbal insults and aggressive posturing.  I’ve gone through this before with him and I had enough.  We got into a verbal sparring match while I stood in a defensive position.  Soon there was silence then he starts a crazed laughter, turns around continues his insults and walks away.  This was recorded on security surveillance and I would like to see the footage. 

Later I wrote up an incident report then went to H.P.S. central station for advice.  The officer on desk read my report and gave me a information card for COAST a mental health crisis hotline perhaps they can send a counselor to evaluate Dean’s mental health and go from there.  He also said the police can’t do anything because no threats were uttered and we didn’t get physical.  I thanked the officer for his time and left H.P.S. I was fine with his decision. 

After speaking to the officer I decided to write a letter about tenant Dean and H.O.W. Lynda Jones.  The next morning I fax it to Urban Native Homes Inc. administration dept.  About three years ago I had a short meeting with Lynda in regard to Dean’s behavior her response is they can’t do anything.  I left the meeting disappointed, there are options to explore H.O.W. Lynda Jones could suggest and encourage Dean to seek counseling for his aggression and extreme paranoia instead to this day she chooses to be an enabler.

24 hours after the incident I see two police cruisers pulling up to the building they are responding to a call not from tenant Dean but from H.O.W. Lynda Jones.  When the police first arrived Dean was sitting in the community room, Lynda lead the officers to the room and stood around listening while the officers question Dean.  Her biased towards Dean is apparent.  Anyway when the officers came to my door for privacy I invited them to enter my unit.  One officer read my incident report then asked what happened between Dean and I.  I explained I ended the friendship years prior because his strange behavior, I didn’t like being around him.  The meeting lasted 5 minutes there was not much the police could say except Dean and I are not to communicate with each other which I agree with.  I couldn’t be more elated this is exactly what I requested when I went to H.P.S. the night before.  :)
The Aboriginal ladies of the building were angry with Dean for causing a public disturbance in front of KMHC and he was told.  

Here is a Google definition that describe tenant Dean’s mental state.


What makes a person so aggressive?

Aggressive behavior can cause physical or emotional harm to others.  It may range from verbal abuse to physical abuse.  Mental health conditions and brain damage can contribute to aggressive behavior.  Occasional aggressive outbursts are common and even normal.

Tk

Comments

Tony King said…
This afternoon a letter was slipped under my door it's from Urban Native Homes Inc. I'm going to wait until the end of the week to post a new blog and share with the readers the good news and I may pull a few surprises out of my hat. :)
Angela Pugliese said…
This sounds good look forward to hearing it

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