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Trouble in the neighborhood
I just noticed that half of the Pocatello police department is outside the Journal's building, Garfield is blocked off behind it, they got the dogs out and everything. Anyone know what's going down?
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posted by
MichaelStrickland
on Apr 23, 2008 at 02:26 PM
This will be an interesting post to check back on in a couple of hours. My guess, with the police dogs out, is that it was a bomb threat. We'll see soon. posted by
admin
on Apr 23, 2008 at 02:54 PM
It wasn't the Journal, it was someone in one of the other buildings in the area. Don't know much else, police wouldn't let us out of the building.
posted by
Paul
on Apr 23, 2008 at 03:20 PM
Looked like the concern was around the building directly to the south of the journal; isn't that some sort of social services outfit?
posted by
Kate
on Apr 23, 2008 at 07:31 PM
official word is that it was a "welfare check" on a despondent individual. Seems like a disproportionate response, but that's what they're saying right now. there will be a full story tomorrow in the journal.
posted by
MichaelStrickland
on Apr 24, 2008 at 10:47 AM
I am browsing through today's online edition. Which story is it?
posted by
Kate
on Apr 24, 2008 at 05:44 PM
it was on the bottom of the front page, with the photo of the police
posted by
MichaelStrickland
on Apr 24, 2008 at 08:07 PM
Here it is: Man taken into custody About 15 officers respond to request for welfare check BY JIMMY HANCOCK jhancock@journalnet.comPOCATELLO — A Gate City man was taken into mental health protective custody Wednesday after police said they received a request to perform a welfare check on him. About 15 police officers aided in setting up a one-block perimeter around the 26-year-old man’s home on the 400 block of South Garfield after Pocatello police said they received a call from the Veterans Administration at approximately 1:30 p.m. “We received a call from an employee of the VA about a subject who was threatening to harm himself,” said Pocatello Police Detective Sgt. Steve Stone. Stone said the man, who has not been identified because he has not been charged with a crime, is at Portneuf Medical Center undergoing evaluation as part of the department’s mental health protocol. Officers, some armed with assault rifles, could be seen putting on protective vests before convening at Family Services Alliance’s office on South Arthur Avenue where a command post was set up by 1:45 p.m. Three police dogs were also brought in. Pocatello Police Detective Sgt. John Walker said the mobilization of officers was necessary because of the uncertainty of the situation. “Any time we get an unknown situation, we send in the world so that we can be prepared for whatever comes up,” Walker said. The man gave himself up to police within about 45 minutes of the incident’s start. Police escorted the man, who appeared to be walking impaired, about a half a block north on Garfield where they began questioning him. “I don’t understand what’s going on,” the man told police as they began searching him. “I was in my house drinking by myself.” Walker said the man made no threats to officers and was carrying no weapons. “It looks a whole lot bigger than it really is,” Walker said. “He’s just having a bad day.” 
JOE KLINE / IDAHO STATE JOURNAL Pocatello police officers leave the scene of a welfare check on the corner of Hayes and Whitman on Wednesday. Officers responded to a call from the Veterans Administration and resolved the situation.
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