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By Alyssa Conti

POLICE RESPONSE

ERT deployed due to mental health call in Abbotsford home

Sep 20, 2025 | 9:24 AM

ABBOTSFORD — Residents may have heard a barrage of sirens speeding down Abbotsford roads after several police detachments responded to a mental health call Friday afternoon (Sep. 19).

Witnesses on social media described seeing flashing police cars and at least one armoured vehicle heading towards Abbotsford from shortly after 4:00 until about 4:30 p.m.

Emergency Response Teams came in from both west on Highway 1 and east along Whatcom Road, from Chilliwack.

The Abbotsford Police Department told Fraser Valley Today the incident was “an isolated mental health-related call involving a single person who armed themselves with a weapon”.

“Thanks to coordinated efforts, the situation was resolved peacefully, and the individual was transported to hospital for care,” said AbbyPD Monday (Sep. 22).

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There was no risk to the public as the person’s house was a good distance away from others.

No other information had been provided.