Anonymous
By the San Luis Obispo Police Department
DATE AND TIME OF INCIDENT: Tuesday, June 13, 2023, at 5:30 am
SUSPECT: Jorge Cardenas Soto, age 42, transient
On Tuesday morning, at approximately 5:30 am, San Luis Obispo Police Department received a report of a male who had accessed the maintenance yard at the Amtrak Station at 1011 Railroad Ave. When patrol officers arrived, train station employees informed responding officers that the male had climbed into the engine bay of a locomotive and barricade himself there.
Two SLOPD Crisis Negotiators responded and began to talk with Cardenas Soto and it became apparent that he was in mental health crisis. After two hours, the negotiators were able to convince him to come out of the train where he was safely taken into custody. He did not have any weapons and no train passengers or staff were harmed during the incident. Cardenas Soto was booked into the SLO County Jail for the following charges:
- PC 602.8 (a) – Trespassing
- PC 148 – Obstructing a peace officer in performance of duties
- PC 369i(a) – Delaying a train
While at SLO County Jail, Cardenas Soto will be provided a mental health evaluation and appropriate follow-up services.
If, as written, it was apparent he was having a mental health crisis, why on earth did they charge this man for what was a nonviolent cry for help instead of sending him to inpatient care? A jail mental health checkup is a joke. Our world is so backward.
I also question the motive behind describing this man as a transient. How is that relevant?
Do better, SLOPD.
Don’t they often say where the person is from, like “John Doe, of Bakersfield”? If so, “transient” stands in for a specific hometown. If he’d been from Florida the headline would be “Florida man barricades self in engine room.”
Democratic state- what’s news?
The news is the police dealt with the situation much better than you would see in a red state.
If it happened in Magastan the Y’all Qaeda county sheriff probably would have shot the dude in front of a few dozen families.
@8:26 – “Better than a red state” is a very low bar. We can and should aim higher.
Look around at California. You gotta be kidding me-you probably don’t even live in California
No idiot. the person came for the services FROM red states and now we get to deal with them.
Moron.
Open your eyes look at San Francisco’s police Status
6:45 – Nice of you to sign your comment, but we knew that already from the comment itself.