Man with mental illness threatens mother with knife, Tucson AZ
Family OffenseA man diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder threatened his mother with a butcher knife and said he wanted the police so he could attack them. Officers planned a careful approach to ensure the safety of those inside before addressing the subject.
Audio|Source: Tucson Police East Division
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Transcript:
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Subject is diagnosed, schizoaffective, has been court ordered for medication, has not taken them for a month, break.
00:07
Night,
00:08
he pulled out a butcher knife, waved it within four feet of his mother, saying that he wanted the cops, so he could stab us and attack us, break.
00:21
We are looking at DOC with a weapon plan right now is to send two officers surreptitiously into the backyard of the target residence.
00:33
We will make contact with someone inside.
00:36
They will make sure those inside are safe.
00:38
Once that is done, we will address the subject in pretty like an open air barrier.
00:44
Once I'm on the 47.
00:45
The council husband, Wayne, is now where the situation wasn't really listening to him.
00:50
He said he was going to go outside, so just be aware of that.
00:52
Copy. I would like him to stay inside if we can make that happen.
00:56
He immediately hung up when I was trying to tell him to stay inside and said he was going to go deal with it.
01:00
I think 47 Lincoln 5 getting a little closer to the house.
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He's back outside in front of the garage between a black SUV and the garage door.
01:13
Now just exited around to the house and then walked back into the house.
01:18
Five three, so he's walking now, he's on the wheelchair.
01:20
Negative is another male, he's still sitting in the wheelchair facing the street, facing himself, and between a garage and a black SUV.
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35 to 47.
01:28
Go ahead. I believe he's also a D.
01:29
George Flagg and anti-police just for your info.
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The father of the subject.
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I'm not sure.
01:34
I have to double check the call text.
01:35
It's going to be the...
01:36
This is D. George Fly, not the dad.
01:38
It's got to be...
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Thompson 1-047.
01:40
We got Wayne back on the phone.
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He is going to stay in the house.
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So that shouldn't be an issue anymore.
01:43
Copy. Lincoln 5 is bringing my car up.
01:46
I want a second 40 to the one side when he gets here with that.
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4U5 will use his patrol car to pull up front.
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We'll use that as separation between Craig and us when we go to address him.
02:00
Lincoln 5 and 53 will hop the neighbor's year.
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We'll be the two to hop into the backyard and make entrance from the slider.
02:15
27271, can you have Pat or you reach out the family inside, let them know the plan.
02:21
We're going to have officers knocking on the slider probably about 10 minutes.
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Location mentioned:
Near S Castle Bay St, Tucson, AZ 85747
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