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Cochise County sheriff describes suicide intervention, high-speed stolen-vehicle pursuit and SWAT arrest in busy week
Summary
Sheriff Mark Dannels recounted a multi-day series of incidents: rescuing a suicidal person, a high-speed pursuit of a stolen vehicle that included three dogs and tire-deflation deployments, and a regional SWAT team taking a gunman into custody without incident.
Sheriff Mark Dannels summarized several rapid public-safety incidents that occurred within roughly a two-day span, including a suicide intervention, a high-speed pursuit of a stolen vehicle and a SWAT response to a reported shooting.
On the mental-health response he described seeing a man "lean over a bridge" and later helping get the person to the hospital. "We had some words on that. I took a little bit, got him off the bridge," Dannels said. He credited the sheriff's care team for assisting in arranging treatment and described the episode as an example of the mental-health demands on…
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