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Friday, June 5, 2015
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WILL JOHNSON Nelson Star A standoff involving a distraught man threatening to jump from a fourth-storey window of the Medical Arts Building ended with his arrest after more than six hours Tuesday evening. Emergency personnel shut down Ward St. between Vernon and Baker after receiving a report around 4:30 p.m. that a suicidal man had barricaded himself in his estranged girlfriend’s apartment. She escaped and went to police. Sgt. Dino Falcone said they determined that by being in the woman’s company, the 31-year-old man had violated a no-contact order issued after a domestic assault. Police evacuated the building while a negotiator in the hallway tried to reason with the man through the door. “We had Nelson Hydro disconnect the power,” Falcone told the Star. “The reason we do that is we want the negotiator with him to have no distractions, not even the fridge or water or stereo. It’s also a safety issue, in case there’s anything flammable inside.” Falcone said the tactic was further meant to fatigue the man. As night fell, he was left alone in the dark. During that time, passersby were encouraged to move along and keep a safe distance. While the negotiator spoke with the man, 29 emergency personnel responded to the situation in a variety of ways. During the standoff, the man threatened to kill himself either by self-mutilation, jumping out the window, or having police shoot him. The man was shirtless and bleeding from his face. “The suspect was armed with several weapons including a large meat cleaver,” Falcone said. “During tense negotiations with police, the suspect continually threw furniture around and eventually destroyed or damaged all of the apartment’s contents.” The man eventually surrendered
A distraught man (seen at right) taunted emergency personnel, threw objects and threatened to jump from an apartment window in downtown Nelson Tuesday, shutting down Ward St. between Vernon and Baker for six hours.
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Report finds gaps in seniors transportation
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Standoff ends safely
Distraught man arrested after six-hour ordeal the cleaver and police entered the heavily-barricaded apartment at approximately 11 p.m. “As police began to enter the apartment the suspect suddenly decided to launch himself out of a window and we were very fortunate in being able to grab the man’s arms and upper torso before he fell to the ground, eventually hauling him back in,” Falcone said. Though the fire department was on scene with an aerial unit, it was
not ultimately used during the rescue. The man was apprehended under the Mental Health Act. Police are also recommending charges of mischief over $5,000, failure to comply with an undertaking, and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose. The man is in custody awaiting a bail hearing. Falcone thanked other first responders for their “immediate and professional response and support” as well as the public for their patience.
BILL METCALFE Nelson Star If you need to use a wheelchair-access van in the Nelson area, and you don’t own one, forget it. Randi Jensen found this out recently when she decided to take her mother to a family gathering on a Sunday afternoon. Her mother has dementia and lives at Jubilee Manor. “When Mom was first in care, I took her for car rides, but she is now immobilized,” says Jensen, who lives on the North Shore. “I thought, ‘Well, I could rent a van or pay for a taxi,’ but there was nothing available. I tried the HandyDART but it is very restricted. When someone has dementia you need flexibility.” Jensen is one of the people behind a move to explore the feasibility of the Kootenay Carshare Cooperative buying a wheelchair access-van. The carshare has posted a survey online, asking the public whether, how often, and under what circumstances they would use such a van. The survey can be found at surveymonkey.com/r/S8YH2VS. Print versions can be picked up at Nelson CARES, 521 Vernon St. and at the Nelson and District Seniors Coordinating Society, 719 Vernon St.
Moving together
The idea of involving carshare in transportation solutions for seniors is one of the recommendations in Moving Together: a Collaborative Approach to Addressing Seniors’ Transportation Barriers, published recently by the Nelson CARES Society. “We know about the important connection between social isolation and seniors’ wellbeing,” says Corrine Youni, the lead author of the report. “We approached carshare, and they said if we can identify there Continued on page 9
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