911 Dispatcher Praised for Ending 6-Hour Standoff With Suicidal Man

Kayla Riler, of the California Highway Patrol’s Stockton Communications Center, has been commended for helping to peacefully end a six-hour standoff. CHP – Stockton

A 911 dispatcher in Stockton, California, has been commended on Nov. 28 for helping to calm a suicidal man during a six-hour standoff.

The California Highway Patrol (CHP) Stockton Communications Center received a call from the Jackson Rancheria RV Park along Dalton Road on Nov. 27.