What is the Marchman Act

Cape Coral Police Chief Anthony Sizemore expressed disappointment on Friday when announcing that two officers were out of a job for not helping an intoxicated young man, 22-year old Jeremiah Don Ballam Jr., get home safely. He drowned in a Cape Coral canal just minutes after their encounter which was captured on body cam footage. Chief Sizemore said that multiple department policy violations led to the loss of their employment, but those officers also had the ability to use what's called the Marchman Act and take Ballam into protective custody to sober up, which didn't happen.