On February 3, 1996, Los Angeles County (CA) Fire Department Engine 22 and Squad 3, located in East Los Angeles, responded to a report of a man atop a telephone pole threatening suicide. On arrival, units found him atop a telephone pole yelling and acting irrationally. According to his friends, he was high on P.C.P. (angel dust) and speed. The man also had a history of attempted suicides. Fire department units and law enforcement personnel attempted to communicate with the individual from the g