{"id":24526,"date":"2012-11-07T15:50:08","date_gmt":"2012-11-07T23:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.57.196.122\/~gdatwofo\/theavtimes\/?p=24526"},"modified":"2012-11-09T17:58:34","modified_gmt":"2012-11-10T01:58:34","slug":"leaps-helps-deputies-find-suicidal-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2012\/11\/07\/leaps-helps-deputies-find-suicidal-man\/","title":{"rendered":"LEAPS helps deputies find suicidal man"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>LANCASTER \u2013 The \u2018Eye in the Sky\u2019 saved countless man hours Tuesday morning, when the aircraft was able to quickly locate a distraught man thought to be suicidal, authorities said.<\/p>\n

The following is the press release from the Lancaster Sheriff\u2019s Station:<\/p>\n

Lancaster Station received a call of a distraught man who was threatening to commit suicide shortly after 9 Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The caller said that the man claimed he was armed with a shotgun and was driving his van out to the desert, where he planned to commit suicide.<\/p>\n

Using the GPS signal from the distraught man’s cell phone, it was determined that the man was somewhere in the Antelope Acres area.<\/p>\n

Using the city of Lancaster’s, Law Enforcement Aerial Platform System or \u201cLEAPS” equipped aircraft, Lancaster Station’s watch deputy quickly located the van, which was driving north on 110th Street West from Avenue L, and directed the responding ground units to the van\u2019s location.<\/p>\n

Once on scene, the ground units stopped the van on 110th Street West, near Avenue I.<\/p>\n

Deputies quickly learned that the man was very distraught; however, he was not armed. The man was transported to a local hospital for a physiological evaluation.<\/p>\n

Lancaster Station Captain, Bob Jonsen, commented that by using the LEAPS airplane, [deputies] were able to save countless man hours and valuable resources searching for the vehicle.<\/p>\n

He added that he was very pleased that the incident ended safely.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Related articles:<\/p>\n

Progress report on \u201cEye in the Sky\u201d<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

LEAPS aids capture of double murder suspect<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018Eye in the Sky\u2019 takes off<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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