No one injured in four-hour police standoff in Cambridge Springs

The Meadville Tribune reported yesterday that a suicidal woman from Corry was involved in a four-hour standoff with Cambridge Springs police on South Main Street on Sunday night. Notes the Tribune: "She tied a rope around the roof of a shed and her neck and was standing on a landing, threatening suicide."

State police were called for assistance, and a Crawford County probation officer finally convinced the woman to come down from the shed.

It's clearly a sad situation--but I can't help but think it was also a waste of local, county and state resources for the considerable time spent responding to her cry for help. It wouldn't surprise me if our tax dollars are paying for this woman's medical treatment.