San Francisco Crisis Intervention Officers Deescalate Suicide Attempt
San Francisco CA July 6 2021
On Friday afternoon, a 65-year-old Vietnam veteran noticed that he was plotting to take his life on the rooftop of Granada, a nine-story residential building on Lower Nob Hill.
However, a team of trained crisis intervention officers managed to convince him to kill him.
The intersection of Hyde and Satter streets was blocked and obscured by police tape on Friday afternoon, attracting curious passers-by to the investigation.
There was a SFist reporter living in the block on the scene. They soon learned that Elder San Franciscan was almost 100 feet above the sidewalk and argued whether to end his life.
According to the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) Twitter thread, the San Francisco Police Department team said: Trained Crisis Intervention (CIT) and Trained Hostage / Crisis Negotiations.
“The policeman went up the building and tricked the man off the ledge.
In the afternoon, as he looked into the cement below, his upper body shook back and forth from the rooftop of the building. The San Francisco Police Department immediately Make a scene out of his pain that let you go through the area and don’t make the situation worse simply by continuing their business as usual.
However, after seven hours of patience and careful negotiations, the team was able to move away from the jump and talk to the guys, allowing them to intervene.
Veteran weas then transferred for treatment. Sources close to SFist explain that men have a history of mental health problems.
“Thanks to everyone involved in this incident,” the SFPD tweeted. “Today you saved your life.”
Lifesaving operations by the San Francisco Police Department’s CIT team and police trained in hostage / crisis negotiation skills will take place after the city announces its intention to fund. Street crisis response team without police A unit for dealing with nonviolent incidents and mental health emergencies. (Since this was an aggressive suicide attempt, the SFPD police officer had to be on the scene.)
San Francisco currently has six of these active teams to handle non-emergency calls throughout the city. Each team operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Most of their initial efforts were focused on serving Tenderloin, the Mission District, and Castro.
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