Critical training helps LRPD officer convince man threatening suicide in restaurant to keep living

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – In the middle of rush hour, Little Rock police officers rushed to a man threatening to kill himself in a downtown restaurant.

Officer James Burnett was right around the corner on that July afternoon and was first to arrive on scene.

“Got the scissors up to his throat, he was pressing them,” Burnett said.

Burnett said he drew his stun gun because the man, who we are not identifying, had the scissors. The officer said he realized that made things worse.

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