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Newsby Staff WriterApril 11, 2016

NYPD Officer Saves Would-Be Suicide Jumper from 10th Floor Leap

Officer Nina Friberg, 35, was among the first rescuers at the scene of a suicidal woman who planned to leap from the 10th story of her Upper West Side building wrapped in a sleeping bag because she "didn’t want to make a mess."

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 22, 2016

LAPD Officers Save Suicidal Man From Hanging

A man who tried to commit suicide by hanging himself from a telephone pole was rescued by two officers from the Los Angeles Police Department's Hollywood Station.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 5, 2016

NYPD Officer Saves Suicidal Man With a Hug

An NYPD officer was out Christmas shopping with his family when he saw a man who wanted to kill himself — and he used the best technique he could think of to save his life: a hug.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 7, 2015

Video: Ohio Officer Shot, Suspect Killed in Welfare Check Incident

A Richmond Heights, OH, police sergeant was shot in the chest and a former Cleveland Clinic employee was killed during a welfare check incident Sunday night.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 12, 2015

Boston Officers Save Life of Troubled Veteran on Bus

Passengers who nervously bolted from the bus near the intersection of Columbia Road and Stoughton told Hosein about the guy standing in the rear, holding a hatchet to his neck and yelling that he was going to kill himself.

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Videosby Staff WriterOctober 2, 2015

Minnesota Officer Rescues Suicidal Man from Ledge

Duluth Police Chief Gordon Ramsay wrote on Facebook that the incident occurred during the week of Sept. 21. In the video, Officer Joe DeJesus is responding to a call about a man on the ledge of a parking garage threatening to jump off. DeJesus is careful approaching the man. More Here.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 2, 2015

Video: Minnesota Officer Rescues Suicidal Man from Ledge

Duluth Police Chief Gordon Ramsay wrote on Facebook that the incident occurred during the week of Sept. 21. In the video, Officer Joe DeJesus is responding to a call about a man on the ledge of a parking garage threatening to jump off. DeJesus is careful approaching the man.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 11, 2015

Video: Raleigh Police Officer Talks Man Off Bridge and Hugs Him

Just after 7 p.m. police got a call about a man who was hanging over the edge of a bridge. Officer Dan Hicks reached out to the man and developed a rapport with him.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 24, 2015

NYPD Officers Stop on Way to Work to Save Suicidal Woman

As their vehicle approached Patchogue Holbrook Road, the officers both noticed a young woman climbing onto the railing of the overpass. The officers quickly stopped, identified themselves, and engaged her in conversation. As one officer continued speaking with her, another stopped a passing vehicle and told the occupants to call 911.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 11, 2015

Officer at Texas Pool Party Had Responded to Two Suicide Calls, Lawyer Says

A white Texas police officer was not targeting minorities when he wrestled a black teenage girl to the ground and brandished his gun outside a pool party, his lawyer said, but rather was fraught with emotion after responding earlier to two suicide calls.

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