We wanted the community to be aware of four notable public safety measures implemented since Friday. Each correspondence included residents who were struggling with mental health issues. Three of her four residents involved were armed. Each situation was resolved peacefully without injury to anyone involved, and residents were taken to local hospitals for evaluation and treatment.
Last night police responded to reports that an adult son in his 40s had a severe mental illness, threatened to kill his parents and was armed with a knife. I unlocked the door and locked myself in the car until the police arrived. His son then barricaded himself in a room inside the house and refused to leave the room.After the police arrived and were able to enter the house, they were able to locate their son and initiate communication with him through the door. The Community Behavioral Health Center of the deCambridge Health Alliance was then contacted by Emergency Communications and a clinician was dispatched. Meanwhile, Crisis Negotiation Unit personnel arrived on the scene, wanting to maintain verbal communication with their son to build trust and rapport. After 3 hours my son finally opened the door. When the situation was deemed safe, the clinician spoke with his son and agreed to be taken to a local hospital by Pro EMS for evaluation.
on Monday, Officers responded to reports that a person had set bushes on fire at 1000 Massachusetts Avenue. Officers responded to the location and found a Cambridge man in his 40s across the street next to a smoldering bush with a lighter in hand. During the investigation, officers found several piles of incinerated garbage. One pile was above the outlet. The Cambridge Fire Department extinguished the burning property and the man was safely detained by police. He was also charged with four “burning personalities” charges after he was determined to be a suspect in an earlier incident in which a church dumpster in the alley of Mount Auburn Street was set on fire a few days earlier. it was done.
Police responded Sunday to a reported domestic incident in which an adult son in his 20s, suffering from an escalating mental health crisis, vandalized property with a hammer inside the family’s Cambridge home. When he arrived at the scene and tried to talk to his son, he threatened to kill the parents and the police while holding a hammer. Meanwhile, the supervisor brought in his 40mm Less Lethal tool. A few minutes later he exited with the hammer, the officer displayed his 40mm Less Lethal and gave verbal orders to the man, the son dropped the hammer and obeyed. He walked to his Pro EMS ambulance set up outside his home and was involuntarily taken to a local hospital for further evaluation and treatment. After sweeping through the room where my son was locked up, officers found the hammer and recovered it along with a long knife, airsoft gun and tactical gear.
Finally, a Cambridge man in his 20s was taken to Bridgewater State Hospital on Friday after careful coordination by Cambridge Police with the University Police Department, hospital staff, local service providers, the District Attorney’s Office and a local judge. Transferred. The man was first admitted to a local hospital on Monday, January 23.rd He threatened students on campus with a baseball bat, then used racial slurs, beat college students with unprovoked attacks, and threatened them because of their sexual orientation. He assaulted at least five employees during his stay. Officers transferred him from the hospital to Cambridge District Court, where a local judge ordered him to undergo long-term treatment and evaluation at Bridgewater Provincial Hospital.
As a reminder, the state recently launched several programs to make it easier for children, teens, and adults to get help with mental health conditions and substance use disorders.
Anyone in Massachusetts now has a free, 24-hour Behavioral Health Hotline (833-773-2445) and 25 state-funded Community Behavioral Health Centers (CBHCs) that serve every community in the Commonwealth. You can access the network they provide. These programs were developed as part of the roadmap for the state’s Behavioral Health Reform Plan.
Cambridge residents can access services locally through the Cambridge Health Alliance’s (CHA) Community Behavioral Health Center. Services include complimentary 24-hour CHA access and the Crisis Line at 833-222-2030.
