Why so many cruisers in town Aug. 4?

NORTH CANAAN —Anyone traveling through the center of town Aug. 4 could not miss the string of State Police cruisers parked on Route 44 just west of the McDonald’s parking lot. While police were still on the scene, rumors began swirling about all sorts of crimes allegedly committed, gleaned from overheard radio transmissions.Soon after, an ambulance, and Sheffield and Great Barrington police arrived on the scene.No report was released by police because no arrests were made. The explanation by a dispatcher and a trooper was that it was an emergency committal. An individual in an altered mental state for an unspecified reason was taken to the hospital. The 911 call came from Stop & Shop. A trooper said the individual was on foot and apparently made it to McDonald’s by the time police got to the scene.He could not explain the green Subaru with a man behind the wheel that was stopped in the middle of the parked cruisers. He speculated that there was a motor vehicle stop made at the same time.

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