On January 8, 2016, San Francisco Sheriff Deputies G. Edwards and V. Majano together skillfully diffused a potentially violent situation involving a subject who was being placed on a 5150 psychiatric hold at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital.
Their intervention was gratefully acknowledged in a memo to Sr. Deputy M. Clauzel penned by Dr. David Kastner, who wrote: “Thank you and your fellow sheriff deputies for your superb assistance with a complicated patient situation this morning. You and your deputies not only kept everyone safe in a situation where a patient was getting more and more agitated, but you also were able to calm the patient down enough to allow him to be appropriately evaluated, and ultimately assisted with his needs. The optimal care that came out of the encounter would not have been possible without your assistance.” Continue reading “Sheriff Deputies violent situation at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital”