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Man Locked Himself In Car For Hours In Norfolk During Mental-Health Crisis: Police Man Locked Himself In Car For Hours In Norfolk During Mental-Health Crisis: Police
Man Locked Himself In Car For Hours In Norfolk During Mental-Health Crisis: Police Police in Norfolk were called in to help talk down a man who had barricaded himself in his car this week during a mental-health crisis, authorities said.  Specially trained Norfolk police officers and a negotiator were requested after the man in distress locked himself in his vehicle on Rockwood Road just after 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 6, police said. Officers cordoned off the area near Cleveland Street in downtown Norfolk as a precautionary measure.  Officers and negotiators spoke with the man for three hours before he agreed to turn himself in and go to a mental health…