(1) It is lawful for any police officer to arrest without warrant, any mentally disturbed person whom he or she finds in any place where the police officer has reason to believe that the mentally disturbed person poses a danger to himself or herself or members of the public.
(2) A person arrested under subsection (1) shall be detained at an institution for the treatment of mentally disturbed persons under the care of a medical practitioner, who may release the person when, in the opinion of the medical practitioner, that person no longer poses a danger to himself or herself or members of the public.