The woman told LeClair she was bleeding, and that someone was controlling her by remote control and launching missiles at her house. Then she threatened to kill herself. Aware by now that they were dealing with an emotionally disturbed person who might also be physically wounded, LeClair asked Sargeant Michael Kozaczka for advice. Officers got the woman's name and address and phoned the sherrif's office in her town, which sent police and a medical team to her home. Gentile called back later to check on the woman's condition, and was told that she'd been admitted to a psychiatric hospital ward.
Some situations are so unusual, people have to think on their feet.
And that's just what these officers did. Because of their successful response to an unusual call, a woman received the aid she needed. Here's a look at what some of our faculty are doing. Theatre arts professor Vanessa James will be designing a production of King Lear by the Company of Women, which will run this summer in Baltimore and at Smith and Wellesley Colleges. Statistics professor George Cobb is approaching summer by the numbers.