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Michigan DNR Conservation Officers Prevent Suicide At MacArthur Bridge

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Detroit – December 7 2018 -12:31PM: A 25-year-old woman from Detroit who threatened to jump off the MacArthur Bridge Friday afternoon received medical attention as the result of two Michigan Department of Natural Resources conservation officers’ efforts.

Conservation Officer Ben Lasher was patrolling Belle Isle when he was notified by the Michigan State Police dispatch that a woman was threatening suicide by jumping off the MacArthur Bridge.

MSP dispatch received the original call from a relative of the suicidal woman.
The MacArthur Bridge connects Detroit and Belle Isle over the Detroit River. The bridge features 19 torches and is 2,193 feet in length. DNR conservation officers and Michigan State Police patrol the island to ensure public safety within and around the state park.

When CO Lasher reached the scene, two females waved him over and said that a third female had asked them to call the police. The two women did not know the suicidal woman.

At 12:33PM, CO Lasher parked his DNR patrol truck on the south side of the MacArthur Bridge and walked across the bridge toward the woman. The woman was crying, standing next to the guard rail of the bridge.

“She asked me to stay by my patrol truck at first,” CO Lasher said. “I was able to talk to her and find out her name.”

While CO Lasher talked to the woman, he was able to slowly move toward the outside edge of the roadway. During this time, CO Steven Converse, who also was patrolling Belle Isle, arrived at the scene while Michigan State Police managed traffic control.

CO Converse approached the area of the bridge where Lasher and the woman were standing and while maintaining his distance from the woman, Lasher introduced her to CO Converse.

The two conservation officers continued to talk to the woman and were able to convince her to go with them into Lasher’s warm patrol truck and seek someone to talk to.

“Part of what conservation officers are taught is to engage in conversation with the suicidal person and to ask what has happened that has brought them to this point of suicide,” said Dr. Michael Comer, contract police psychologist for the DNR Law Enforcement Division.

“COs listen to the person’s story, establish a rapport and demonstrate that they care about the suicidal person. They have been taught that they will not be able to change the person’s mind until they first understand the person’s story and despair.”

CO Lasher and CO Converse helped the woman climb over the barricade, back onto the road and escorted her to the patrol truck where she was able to rest.

Lasher requested emergency medical services when the woman said that she would like to go to the hospital. Medic 25 from the Detroit Fire Department arrived on scene and transported the woman to Detroit Receiving Hospital’s Crisis Center.

The scene was cleared at 1:01 p.m., exactly 30 minutes after CO Lasher received the original call.

“Conservation officers receive unique training,” said Chief Gary Hagler, DNR Law Enforcement Division. “While their primary focus is to protect natural resources, conservation officers are trained in general law enforcement, so they can better serve the communities they work and live in.

Part of their training includes how to identify and work with people who are in mental or emotional distress. We are thankful that Lasher and Converse were on patrol nearby and able to help this woman seek the appropriate medical attention.

CO Lasher has been a conservation officer since 1996 and serves St. Clair County. CO Converse has been a conservation officer since 2000 and works in Manistee County; on Friday Converse was assigned to work a patrol shift at Belle Isle.

CO Ben Lasher
CO Steven Converse

Michigan conservation officers are fully commissioned state peace officers who provide natural resources protection, ensure recreational safety and protect citizens by providing general law enforcement duties and lifesaving operations in the communities they serve.

If you or someone you know needs mental health help, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at: 800-273-TALK (8255).

Source: DNR

High Five to Twitters very own @pimpernilpaul for the info.

11 Year Old Shot On Detroit’s East Side

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BREAKING – Detroit – December 8 2018 3:40PM: Detroit Police officers from the 9th Precinct are on scene @ Flanders & Newport where an 11 year old male has been shot. 9th Precinct units notified dispatch that the child has suffered a gunshot wound to the leg.

Detroit Fire’s Engine 50 and Detroit EMS have also arrived on the scene.

Update 3

10:58PM: DPD now saying the child was 7 years of age. Child was inside the residence when shots rang out outside. DPD is calling it a drive-by. 1 round struck the child in the leg. The child was conveyed to the hospital by Detroit EMS where he is listed in temporary serious condition. No information is available on the shooter or the shooter’s vehicle.

Update 2

6:18PM – Detroit Police are saying this is a drive-by shooting, best go with that. Kids condition is unknown.

Update 1

5:16PM – Some conflicting reports from this incident. Detroit Police say this was a drive-by shooting, information from the community says the child had the gun in his pocket and it went off, striking him in the leg. I haven’t heard any information on a shooter.

Stay tuned…

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Shooting @ Flanders & Newport

Developing story, check back for updates.

Dispatch Audio: 2 Year Old Dies In Hamtramck Dwelling Fire, 3 Others Injured

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MacKay & Lawley, Hamtramck

December 7, 2018 1:10AM Code 1 Box Alarm

Hamtramck, Michigan: Firefighters from multiple jurisdictions fought an occupied dwelling fire in the City of Hamtramck early Friday morning.

Detroit Fire’s Central Office dispatched the dwelling fire in the 13100 block of MacKay at 1:10AM and notified responding companies the house was occupied and children were trapped inside.

Upon arrival, companies immediately went into rescue mode and entered the dwelling in an attempt to locate victims.

Searches of the dwelling discovered 2 children and 1 adult, all injured. 

A Hamtramck firefighter was also injured in the blaze.

A 2 year old child died of their injuries. The conditions of the other occupants and the Hamtramck firefighter are unknown.

Fire Companies:

Detroit Fire Engines 35, 46, 56, 60 & Squad 5.

Hamtramck Engine 1 & Hamtramck Ladder Truck 1

Highland Park Engine 1

Incident Command: Detroit Fire’s Battalion Chief 8

Detroit EMS sent 4 EMS rigs to the fire scene.

Detroit Police Scout & Arson Cars also responded to the scene.

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Dispatch Audio: Man Shotgunned In Face On Detroit’s East Side

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Detroit: December 2 2018 – 235PM – Detroit Police had a mess on their hands today after receiving a shooting call in Detroit’s east side. DPD’s 9th Precinct responded to Corbett & Chalmers after a caller described a shooting where the victim was shot in the forearm, face and head by a shotgun wielding woman.

Upon arrival, one of the responding officers informed dispatch that she was removing herself from the call due to being related somehow to the shooting. I’m not really that much into assuming, but I believe the officer may be related to the shooting victim.

Inside the residence responding officers were greeted by an uncooperative crowd. Those inside the house were refusing to open the door. Inside were 8 children, the youngest being 3 months old and 3 adults. One of those adults was the shooter. Fortunately, although Detroit SRT (SWAT) were notified, those inside the residence handed over the shooter and a long drawn-out barricade situation was averted.

The shooter is described as a female in her mid thirties.

The victim was conveyed by Detroit EMS to St John’s Hospital, condition unknown. The weapon used in the shooting was recovered by officers on the scene and handed over to evidence techs.

The shooting took place earlier this afternoon around 2:40PM and officers were still on scene at the time of this writing @ 8:56PM.

And the wheels on the bus go round and round…

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Dispatch Audio: 1 Shot Dead During Home Invasion On Detroit’s West Side

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Detroit: December 2 2018 -1040AM – Every so often a story comes through the scanner that makes you smile a little, it’s a morbid smile of course, but a smile nonetheless.

Early this morning, 3 Detroit women were setting off to give praise at a local church. The 3, a 29 year old, a 55 year old and a 75 year, no doubt do this every Sunday.

Unfortunately, a ne’er-do-well, we’ll call him Bob, decided that the 3 church going women would make an easy target in his pursuit of preying on the weak.

So Bob saw the 3 women exiting their house on Mark Twain and approached them in the driveway. Bob, being intellectually superior to these 3 helpless women, thought it best to herd them back into the house.

Once inside, the 55 year old woman, we’ll call her Annie, found herself faced with a conundrum. Should she submit to Bob and allow him to steal all her stuff and God forbid, hurt her or her friends? Or should she fight back?

Well, Annie’s from Detroit and she wasn’t going to have any of that nonsense. The particulars are unknown but apparently Annie decided to slap leather and aimed for center mass, firing 2 rounds that took effect.

Well, Bob wasn’t prepared for Annie fighting back and took a body shot. At least 1 round entered through his chest and tore apart some rather important Bob body parts. Bob ended up with a sucking chest wound.

Officer’s from the 2nd Precinct arrived on the scene and noticed Bob wasn’t with us any more and called his condition a “K-Type”…meaning Bob was dead as a doornail.

Bob may very well have come from a broken family, he may have even had a drug or alcohol problem, but Bob was also a predator, preying on innocents.

Bob isn’t anymore, he’s been erased by a very brave woman who may have saved not only her own life, but the lives of her friends.

Go Annie…

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