# Can police shoot someone to stop them committing suicide?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-police-shoot-someone-to-stop-them-committing-suicide/745509>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 8, 2016, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-police-shoot-someone-to-stop-them-committing-suicide/745509 "2016-02-08T03:06:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-police-shoot-someone-to-stop-them-committing-suicide/745509/23 "2016-02-09T21:39:03Z")

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There are several stories going around Facebook of police killing people who call the suicide help line. It simply shouldn’t be a police issue. Call the psychiatrists or people who are trained to talk down suicidal people. Unless it’s a suicide bomber or something, police shouldn’t be involved.

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