Jeri Williams Jefe de la Policía |
Departamento de Policía de Oxnard
R. Jason Benites De Scott Whitney |
OXNARD DEPARTAMENTO DE POLICÍA
COMUNICADO DE PRENSA
INCIDENTE: | Despondent Subject |
FECHA / HORA: | 3/6/2014, 11:01 a.m. |
UBICACIÓN: | 3400 Bloque de S. “C” Calle |
INVOLVED PERSON: | 22-años de edad masculino, Oxnard Residente |
PREPARADO POR: | Alex Rangel, Sargento |
PERSONA DE CONTACTO & INFORMACIÓN DE CONTACTO: |
Miguel Lopez, Director de Asuntos de la Comunidad (805) 385-7631 Miguel.Lopez@oxnardpd.org |
DETALLES:
El jueves, 3/6/14, en aproximadamente 11:01 a.m., the Oxnard Police Department’s Emergency Communications Center received numerous calls of a subject climbing onto a power pole in the 3400 block of South “C” Street.
Upon their arrival, officers located a 22-year old male standing on top of a power pole with stereo headphones covering his ears. The initial Oxnard Police Officers on scene had previously attended Crisis Intervention Training (CIT). CIT training is designed to assist officers in de-escalating potentially dangerous situations with persons suffering from mental illness or experiencing an emotional crisis. With the assistance of Southern California Edison Company lift buckets, officers attempted to begin dialogue with him but he refused to acknowledge them. Edison Company employees assisted in making all of the nearby power lines safe.
Based on the circumstances, members of the Oxnard Police Department Hostage Negotiation Team (HNT) and the Oxnard Fire Department were called to the scene to assist. HNT negotiators began communications with the subject from nearby lift buckets and were able to convince the subject to come down from the nearly 40-foot high pole. After nearly four (4) horas, an empty lift bucket was raised to the subject and he was safely rescued from the pole. The subject later told officers he was despondent over recent family issues. He was safely transported to a Ventura County Mental Health facility for evaluation.
FECHA / TIEMPO DE PREPARACIÓN: 03/06/2014 @ 1630 horas