MIAMI BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) – Miami Beach Police officers and hostage negotiators spent several hours talking a man down from the sixth-floor ledge of a Lincoln Road hotel, early Monday morning, in a crisis intervention captured on body camera video.<\/p>\n
Officers responded to the Citizen Hotel at 1200 Lincoln Road at approximately 2:52 a.m., after receiving a report of a man threatening to jump.<\/p>\n
Upon arrival, officers found him pacing on the northeast ledge of the building\u2019s sixth floor.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re good bud, you\u2019re not in trouble,\u201d said a female officer. <\/p>\n
Officers made multiple attempts to approach and engage the man, but he repeatedly told them to back away. <\/p>\n
Working with hotel staff, officers gained access to his room, where they found two suicide notes. During negotiations, the man expressed a desire to speak with his father, who is deceased, citing the loss as a contributing factor to his actions.<\/p>\n
At one point, body camera footage shows Dr. Noel Castillo, the department\u2019s lead hostage negotiator, carefully getting into eyeshot of the man and sitting down in a pool chair as he begins talking to him. <\/p>\n
\u201cMy name is Dr. Noel Castillo. I\u2019m here to help you. I work for the city.\u201d<\/p>\n
Over the next several hours, Castillo gains the man\u2019s trust. <\/p>\n
\u201cDo you want me to help you?\u201d said Castillo.<\/p>\n
The man in distress appears to invite Castillo to help him safely off the ledge. <\/p>\n
\u201cOK, I\u2019m coming,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
After several hours of coordinated efforts, the Hostage Negotiation Team successfully de-escalated the situation and brought the man to safety without injury.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur Hostage Negotiation Team along with our patrol officers literally talked a man off the ledge of a building,\u201d said Miami Beach Police spokesperson Christopher Bess.<\/p>\n
Miami Beach Police Chief Wayne Jones praised his team\u2019s response.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur Hostage Negotiation Team is made up of highly trained professionals who specialize in de-escalation during the most critical moments,\u201d Jones said. \u201cTheir ability to remain calm, build trust, and communicate effectively is a skill set that saves lives, and this outcome is a direct result of that expertise.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bess emphasized the video shows officers\u2019 ability to use their words to diffuse dangerous situations.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are tasked to go out there, kick down doors and arrest bad guys. But a key component of our job is crisis de-escalation. Dr. Noel Castillo sat down, took his time, empathized to this male who was in crisis, which led to establishing that rapport and saving this guy\u2019s life,\u201d said Bess.<\/p>\n
Miami Beach Fire Rescue evaluated the man on scene. He was placed into protective custody and transported to Mount Sinai Medical Center for further treatment.<\/p>\n
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