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Newsby Staff WriterApril 4, 2019

Colorado Undersheriff Shot While Trying to Prevent a Woman's Suicide

Undersheriff Steve Lowrance was transported to a nearby hospital where he is expected to make a full recovery.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 28, 2019

Video: Texas Motor Officer, Truck Driver Save Teen from Suicide Attempt

A motor officer with the Arlington (TX) Police Department used some quick thinking to get the assistance of a passing driver of a tractor-trailer truck to help save the life of a distraught and suicidal teenager perched on a freeway overpass.

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Newsby Edited by StaffMarch 4, 2019

Video: Texas Officers Save Suicidal Teen on Highway Overpass

Three officers with the Mansfield (TX) Police Department saved a teen from taking his own life by pulling him to safety and taking him into protective custody. On Thursday, the department released dash and body camera footage of the event, which took place Tuesday.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 4, 2019

Video: Oklahoma Citizens, Police Work Together to Save Suicidal Man's Life

The Tulsa (OK) Police Department posted dramatic body camera footage to its Facebook page over the weekend, showing officers coming to the aid of citizens already hanging onto a man who had attempted to jump from a freeway overpass.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 15, 2019

Massachusetts Officer Talks Suicidal Man to Safety from 70-Foot Building

According to the Sun Chronicle, Sergeant Jeffrey Peavey—a 32-year-veteran of the force—established a dialogue with the 21-year-old man, speaking with the distraught subject for 45 minutes before convincing the man to retreat from the precipice into safety.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 5, 2019

Man Accused of Shooting Ohio Deputies Held on $10M Bond

An Ohio man accused of pretending to be suicidal in order to lure law enforcement officers into an apparent ambush attack has been held on $10M bond.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 23, 2019

Florida Officer Who Saved Suicidal Man Receives Department's Life Saving Award

An officer with the Key West (FL) Police Department who disarmed and took to safety a distraught and suicidal man late last year has been awarded that agency's Life Saving Award.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 15, 2019

Gunman Who Killed Rookie California Officer Left Bizarre Suicide Note

The man who shot and killed rookie officer Natalie Becky Corona of the Davis (CA) Police Department reportedly left a strange one-paragraph letter face up on his bed before killing himself.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 14, 2018

Ohio Deputy Saves Suicidal Man from Jumping Off Overpass

The Franklin County (OH) Sheriff's Office released dramatic dash-camera footage of an incident on December 2 during which Deputy William Ball quickly grabbed a man as he attempted to jump off an overpass.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 11, 2018

California Police Fatally Shoot Suicidal Knife-Wielding Man

Officers with the Redwood City (CA) Police Department confronted by a man wielding a butcher knife on Monday were forced to open fire, fatally wounding him.

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