Tag: Mentally Ill Subjects: Page 14

Patrol

Vermont Man Who Threatened Officer With Knife 'Wanted to Die'

A 19-year-old man will face felony assault charges and undergo a psychiatric evaluation after he tried to assault a Battleboro (Vt.) police officer with a knife.

September 29, 2010

Patrol

Slain Alaska Officers Encountered Suspect In Earlier Violent Arrest

The officers followed Marvin to his home, where he ambushed them in an alley and physically attacked them. Both officers drew their guns and eventually used a TASER to subdue Marvin, who ignored their verbal commands.

August 30, 2010

Vehicle Ops

'Delusional' Man Led Mass. State Police On Wild Chase

Alejandro Serra, 29, triggered the pursuit Monday by ramming three Massachusetts state patrol cars.

June 28, 2010

Patrol

Utah Police Tase Naked Woman Who Wrecked Stolen Cruiser

West Valley (Utah) police officers Tasered and handcuffed a 31-year-old naked woman who led two pursuits, including one in which she stole and totaled a department cruiser.

June 22, 2010

Patrol

Woman Killed After Threatening Officer With Sewing Scissors

A Toledo police officer shot and killed a 62-year-old woman described as a schizophrenic who had threatened the officer with a pair of sewing scissors.

December 15, 2009

Women in Law Enforcement

Defusing Volatile People

Can female officers more easily calm a suspect who may be on the brink of violence?

December 1, 2009

Patrol

BART Officer's Glass-Shattering Arrest Makes YouTube

While arresting a belligerent passenger, a San Francisco BART transit officer and suspect bumped into a station window, causing shattered glass to rain down on the two men.

November 22, 2009

Patrol

Man Tells Police God Told Him to Steal Car

The man smashed a window and was collared by a security guard before he could enter the showroom. When police arrived, the suspect initially told them his name was "Seven."

October 27, 2009

Patrol

Officer Remains On Duty After Stun Gun Use Questioned

Fort Worth police officer Stephanie Phillips will remain on active duty while a grand jury reviews an incident where she twice Tasered a mentally ill man who later died, the Star-Telegram reports.

October 18, 2009

Special Units

Officer Injured During 7-Hour Standoff With Suicidal, Armed Man

SWAT officers, who deployed a tactical robot, shot the man when he came out of the house and refused to put down his firearm.

August 11, 2009

Patrol

Aunt Argues Charlotte Cop Killing Suspect Mentally Unfit for Trial

The picture of a disturbed and occasionally violent Demeatrius Antonio Montgomery emerged during a hearing to determine whether he is mentally competent to stand trial in the 2007 shooting deaths of Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers Sean Clark and Jeff Shelton.

July 20, 2009

Patrol

Man Who Stabbed Judge Was Unfit to Take the Stand, Family Says

It was in the middle of David Paradiso's testimony in his own murder trial that the Stockton man jumped from the witness stand and attacked the judge – seconds before being shot to death by the Lodi police detective who built the case against him.

March 5, 2009