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Local police struggling with rising number of mental health transports

February 5, 2018

ABINGDON, Va. Feb 5 2018 — Law enforcement officials across the Mountain Empire are struggling with state laws requiring their officers to conduct mental health transports, which are limiting manpower and straining budgets. “Essentially, we’re an ambulance with guns,” said Abingdon Police Chief Tony Sullivan, whose officers regularly transport individuals across the state to mental health […]

The attack occurred on Ridgewood Ave. near Essex St. in Cypress Hills just before 4:55 p.m., after officers responded to a call of an emotionally disturbed person barricaded inside a nearby building, according to sources.

NYPD officer shot by emotionally disturbed person who commits suicide

August 11, 2017

New York City NY Aug 11 2017 An NYPD cop was shot in Brooklyn by a deranged man with a rifle — who opened fire on him moments after he entered his apartment — and then barricaded himself inside before taking his own life, police said. Officer Hart Nguyen, of the 75th Precinct, was hit twice […]