Orange County Deputies Safely Take Suicidal Man into Custody

An Orange County Sheriff's Department vehicle is parked at the Saddleback Station on Sept. 14, 2020. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (CNS)—Orange County Sheriff’s Department deputies, with help from a canine-unit dog, were able to safely take a suicidal man into custody on Nov. 19 in San Clemente.

Deputies were called to the 100 block of West Mariposa just after 10 a.m. regarding a knife-wielding man threatening to take his own life, said Orange County sheriff’s Sgt. Dennis Breckner. The caller was concerned the man, whose name was not released, intended to commit “suicide by cop.”