Ery, Colorado (KDVR)-Police interacting earlier this month with a man with a knife hAs the head of the Erie Police Department, he describes it as a textbook to cancel the escalation.
He said he is proud of his officers for successfully obtaining a suicide man to drop his weapon without using force. Everything began to invite the Erie Police Station, a luxury examination of a man in distress. When the officers arrived, they found him outside carrying a knife and began to speak, starting with a simple question: What is wrong?
Erie Lee Matisse police chief says this is exactly what should happen.
He said, “This makes me very proud.”
Body camera shots from the scene have two officers who talk quietly to the man concerned. Mattis said that a knife contract is a frightening position that could make staying calm in the challenge.
“They need to maintain a distance, and they must remain calm, and they need to reduce their voice and ensure that person there is to help them, and not to harm them,” Mattis said.
As the conversation continues, the officer repeatedly asks that the man put the knife.
“There is a large amount of adrenaline and the high vigilance that comes with that,” Matisse said.
Adrenaline said that his administration was trained for at least 10 hours every year, especially given the increase in calls like this.
“We are a growing city and happens more and more, as we deal with individuals who have a mental health crisis,” Matisse said.
After officers and men speak for ten minutes, a penetration occurs. After a long time he asks, you can hear a decrease in the knife while opening the man to the officers. This simple question, which leads to success, says Mattis is exactly how his ministry wants to deal with every situation like this.
“We were happy to see this result,” Matisse says.