Electrical Device Used To Save Suicidal Man In Middlesex County

With the help of a non-lethal electronic device, Woodbridge police saved the life of a knife-wielding suicidal man as he urged authorities to shoot him Tuesday evening.

The “Conducted Energy Device” is an approved method for police to temporarily disable a person in certain situations by firing electrode darts attached by wire, according to nj.com.

Police responded to the call around 4:30 p.m. and found the man, in his mid-twenties, had cut himself several times before he emerged from his Hopelawn home and began walking down Florida Grove Road, periodically holding the knife up to his neck.

Once the device was discharged, the man dropped the knife, and after a brief struggle was apprehended and transported to the Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy Division, according to My Central Jersey.