Phila.gov
PHILADELPHIA — On a frigid February morning, Vanity Cordero, a Philadelphia police officer, heard a call over the radio for a man threatening to jump from a bridge. The details sounded familiar.
When Cordero arrived, she realized she’d met him months earlier on the same bridge, where she talked him down by engaging him in conversation about his family and bringing him a hot meal.
Cordero is a member of a program focused on de-escalation practices and providing connections to services including follow-up support as an alternative to arrest and entering into the criminal justice system.
