Woman in crisis taken into custody after standoff at Central Washington University

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A woman in crisis and wielding a knife was taken into custody after a standoff with police at Central Washington University’s student union and recreation center on Saturday.

According to the university’s vice president of public affairs, the woman chased a student on Walnut Mall.Officers who arrived on scene then evacuated a couple of hundred people from the center to a safe location, the school official said.After negotiating with the woman for some time, law enforcement was able to take her into custody safely.

School officials closed the student union for the rest of the night and said it would reopen on Sunday.

 

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SeattlePD Its beyond reprehensible that your officers are unable to use proper training to deescalare situations involving people armed with knives while other departments can just fine. Jedi and a man in crisis are dead because of the unjustified actions of your officers.

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