Ian Moffett, chief of the Miami-Dade Schools Police Department, acknowledged in a statement to WPLG, "It is rare for students this young to be Baker Acted." Florida's Baker Act allows individuals to be held an involuntary psychiatric examination when they are considered a danger to themselves or others. The Gainesville Sun reported last year that Baker Act cases had risen in one county in northern Florida - which one expert said represented a better awareness of mental illnesses.