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Members of the Estevan Police Service were involved in a nine-hour standoff with a man in the 600-block of Fourth Street. Photo by Anastasiia Bykhovskaia
By Ana Bykhovskaia After a nine-hour armed standoff, a 62-year-old man who barricaded himself in a house in the 600-block on Fourth Street in Estevan last Tuesday was safely taken into custody and was sent to a hospital in Regina for assessment. The outcome of the joint operation was successful and peaceful, but Estevan Police Chief Richard Lowen said the person was in mental distress and needed help. The chief gave details on what was happening on Fourth Street throughout
the day Feb. 8. The call for service came in at about 9:40 a.m. "In the morning, we received a call in regards to a domestic disturbance that had occurred. And when officers attended, there was an adult male who had barricaded himself inside the residence. And he was in a state of emotional distress and was displaying weapons through windows and that sort of thing. So our officers had to take a bit of a containment step and ensure that nobody else would be in danger. And then it was just a matter of trying to reach the individual inside and negotiating so that he could come out
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The EPS and the Weyburn Police Service's Joint Tactical Support Team, as well as crisis negotiators from the EPS and RCMP, were on the scene. Police were seen with their weapons drawn. Photo by Anastasiia Bykhovskaia
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of his residence peacefully," Lowen said. He added it was a completely strategic decision to allow for as much time as needed and negotiate the situation rather than force anything. The second person originally involved in the domestic disturbance case had left the house in the morning, and as there was no threat to any other people, the police took their time. However, the situation still was very intense. "He was very incoherent in messages. It was clear that he was in some mental distress. The information that we had was that he was in there by himself, so we knew there was no danger to anyone else, which was why we were trying to negotiate with him," Lowen said. "He did make threats to himself, he did make threats to officers on scene. And we had to make sure that we were patient, and make sure that we could have that dialogue so we could get him to come out of the residence. It just took some time, but in these sorts of situations, time is in our favour when we know we can have that communication and just continue that dialogue." The man would come out and go back in several times throughout the day. A letter from his brother was delivered to his door and other efforts were done to make him give up, but it wasn't until the evening that he surrendered. The joint tactical unit for the Estevan Police and Weyburn Police Services were the main responders alongside the EPS general patrol members. The Estevan RCMP also was assisting with containment and negotiations. Estevan Fire Rescue Service and the City of A2 » JOINT
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