Flagler County deputies helped save two people who were apparently contemplating suicide recently.
“Often around the country these situations have had a much more tragic outcome, Sheriff Rick Staly said. But, in Flagler County, our deputies spend significant amounts of time training on how to successfully deescalate dangerous situations. No bad day is worth taking your life. Suicide is a permanent solution to what is usually a temporary problem and impacts many people. I am thankful our deputies were able to disarm both of them and no one was injured. Hopefully, they can now get the help they need.”
May is National Mental Health Awareness Month and the FCSO wants to remind residents that if they are dealing with a mental health crisis or have suicidal thoughts, they are not alone. There are numerous resources for help with mental health struggles in Flagler County. For more information visit http://www.flaglerlifeline.org/local-mental-health-services/ or call 800-273-8255.
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A Flagler County Sheriff’s deputy with his gun drawn as the suicidal man was on the ground, with a gun of his own at his head. (FCSO video still)
“Don’t do it! Don’t do it!” Sgt. Jon Reckenwald yelled, his gun drawn and pointed at R.V., who was on his back, on the ground next to a gas station in the Hammock, a gun of his own drawn–and pointed at his own head. “Drop it! Drop the gun!”
R.V. is a 55-year-old resident of Duke Road in Jacksonville. He had ridden his motorcycle down to the Hammock on Friday afternoon, where he said he planned to kill himself. A missing person report had been issued about R.V. in Jacksonville, noting that he had suicidal tendencies. “I could clearly see his finger was on the trigger,” one of the Flagler County Sheriff’s deputies who responded to the incident reported.
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The driver of this vehicle survived after crashing it into a stand of trees at nearly 100 mph, prompting the Keweenaw County Sheriff’s Office to send out a plea for the community to start a desperately needed local conversation on mental health awareness. (Photo courtesy of the Keweenaw County Sheriff’s Office)
EAGLE RIVER Sheriff’s deputies recently responded to a young person who had driven a vehicle into a stand of trees at an unidentified location at nearly 100 mph, according to a post on the Keweenaw County Sheriff’s Office social media page.
The post stated the cause of the crash was that the young person had decided to commit suicide.
May 10, 2021
MARQUETTE In honor of National Mental Health Awareness Month, Peter White Public Library hosts Dr. Kia Jane Richmond for its Authors Reading Virtually series. Richmond will read from and discuss her book “Mental Illness in Young Adult Literature: Exploring Real Struggles through Fictional Characters.” Join in for a thought-provoking evening focused on books and mental health at 7 p.m. Tuesday via Zoom.
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