
The officers quickly identified that the male was armed with a box cutter and a screwdriver. After the subject failed to comply with repeated requests by the officers to drop the weapons, an officer attempted to subdue the subject through less-than-lethal measures by deploying TASER, which was ineffective on the subject.
The subject, who had cut his wrist and neck with the items in his possession, was subsequently taken to the ground, secured by the officers, and provided first aid until relieved by medical personnel who transported him to the hospital.
In a statement the PD said it “would like to recognize the quick response and lifesaving efforts of these officers who risked their personal safety by both proceeding on the train tracks prior to a stoppage of the trains, as well as for physically securing an armed subject prior to him causing more harm to himself.”