Two Maryland police officers are being praised for their kindness after responding to a call from a gas station. A man believed to be having a mental health crisis was met with compassion as the officers took time to calm him down and de-escalate the situation. “Not everyday situation you have to arrest somebody, right?” Hyattsville officer Edgar Andrickson-Franco told NBC. “That’s not our job. Our job is to help.” Andrickson-Franco and officer Mancini Gaskill responded to the call from Sunoco gas station on Hyattsville’s East West Highway on March 13. A gas station employee had told the 911 operator the man was acting “disorderly and possibly intoxicated,” according to CBS. Upon arriving, Andrickson-Franco recalled the suspect acting incoherently. “We engaged in conversation with him and we didn’t want to be too overbearing,” said Gaskill. When the agitated man got down on the ground, Andrickson-Franco sat down next to him. When …
Photo Shows Kind Police Officer Sitting on Floor With Man in Mental Health Crisis in Gas Station
April 9, 2021
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