Man with mental health crisis requests police before hospital, Garfield Heights OH

Medical Emergency

Reported: 11/3/2025 07:29 PM

Near Birchwood Rd, Garfield Heights, OH 44125

Police responded to a mental health crisis involving a 34-year-old man near Birchwood Rd. He expressed suicidal thoughts but was unarmed. The man has a history of ADHD, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder. He requested police presence before hospital transport to remain calm.

Audio|Source: Garfield and Maple Heights Police - Digital

02:14

Transcript:

00:00

Just advising you, we have a pending call near Birchwood, 34-year-old male, anyone to kill himself, he doesn't have any weapons.

00:07

Just letting you know, I'm going to send mutually over there just what we have going on.

00:12

All right, copy.

00:21

Sam 20, if you just want to assist with Perigman around the apartment, I'll be down in the second for photos.

00:29

Okay.

00:31

I don't know you're still in the jail?

00:35

Okay.

00:48

Good.

00:51

The offense to harassment on her cracking, the female calls back. She's advising there now three males at her house trying to take the vehicle,

00:59

and she doesn't know who any of them are.

01:06

Be clear from the jail,

01:08

her route to the Andover apartments.

01:14

48.

01:17

Good.

01:19

Hi, Garfield, Colin. They were requesting mutual aid for an address near Birchwood, sitting there as a psych mail that called in and he wanted to speak to officers before he got taken to the hospital.

01:36

Okay, we could assist.

01:44

Hey, you want to have this.

01:45

Can you just send it against my difficulty?

01:50

He's going to be near Birchwood. The name is going to be (name withheld).

01:57

Just be advised, they do have an alert on his address, but he has a mild mental disorder,

02:02

ADHD,

02:03

schizophrenia, and bipolar, but no history of weapons.

02:06

He did state that he wanted to be transported to the hospital, but when they said they would give him a squad, he said he would act crazy, but if they sent him police that he would be calm.

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Near Birchwood Rd, Garfield Heights, OH 44125

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