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A concerned passerby called police, who found the 33-year-old man "acting irrationally and apparently having a mental health episode" on the Ridgefield Park side of the Winant Avenue (Route 46) bridge shortly after 9 a.m., Police Chief Joseph Rella said.
Officer Camryn Garcia was joined by Officers Corey Buljeta and Joseph Avila and Sgt. Will Morton, the chief said.
The man told them that they'd "ruined his plan of jumping off the bridge," Rella said. However, he "was calm and cooperative and no force was necessary."
He was taken to Bergen New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus for an evaluation.
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