Police: Crisis training helped York County officers stop suicidal man
York Dispatch
When a knife-armed man threatened suicide earlier this year, officers convinced him to drop his weapon and peacefully surrender.
Police said crisis intervention team training or CIT is what led to that successful outcome.
Hellam Township police published body camera footage from a May 6 incident near the Susquehanna River. A man had threatened to jump off the Route 30 bridge into the river.
Officers from Hellam Township, Lower Windsor Township and Springettsbury Township responded and eventually found the man behind the wheel of a vehicle at Route 30 and Cool Springs Road.