Negotiators helped save a person in Lincoln after a large police presence was called over concerns for their safety at a building site.
Lincolnshire Police were called to a building on Tritton Road in Lincoln at 6pm on Sunday, August 15.
An eyewitness told The Lincolnite that she saw five police cars and a police van at the building site next to Morrisons.
Police, a fire crew and negotiators helped bring the incident to a safe conclusion. | Photo: T.Otter
| Photo: T.Otter
She said there was a fireman and a police officer on top of the building, with emergency services at the scene for a number of hours.
A spokesperson for Lincolnshire Police said: “Negotiators were deployed to the scene and the incident was brought to a safe conclusion later that evening.”
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