Emory Police Department (EPD) responded to multiple reports of suspicious activity on Dickey Drive. When the officer arrived, he found a male Emory student sitting on the grass near the Woodruff P.E. Center (WoodPEC) outdoor track. The subject was talking to himself. When the officer approached him, he stood up and said, “God is good, but I didn’t know he was that good” and “God is good all the time.” While the officer was speaking to the subject, the subject tried to run away, but the officer grabbed him by the arm and wrapped both of his arms around the subject so he wouldn’t flee. Another officer arrived, and the two officers asked the subject to sit in the back of a police car until Emory Emergency Medical Service (EEMS) arrived. When asked if he had a mental illness, the subject responded, “No” and mentioned “mushrooms” shortly after. The officer asked the subject if he had taken mushrooms earlier. The subject responded by speaking in the third person, “He has.” As they waited for EEMS to arrive, the subject lied down in the back of the car and put his foot on the car’s window bars, saying, “Let me out of this cage.” He continued rambling and eventually said, “I guess I’ll jack off.” The officer told the subject that he should not do that, after which the subject lowered his pants and started to urinate on himself and in the vehicle. After the subject finished urinating, he pulled his pants up and continued to lie on the seat.

When EEMS arrived to examine the subject, they determined he needed transport to the hospital because he didn’t know his location, the day or year. Shortly after the ambulance left, the officer noticed the same subject walking near the Woodruff Memorial Research Building. The officer asked an Emory Healthcare Public Safety supervisor if the subject was released from the hospital. The subject had run from the ambulance or the hospital at some point and never received treatment.
Dispatch told the officer that the subject resides at 10 Eagle Row, the Pi Kappa Alpha (Pike) house, so the officer drove to his residence and found the subject walking up the rear steps of the building. The officer stopped the subject and asked him to sit down while he called another ambulance. Two other officers arrived at the scene to ensure the subject didn’t harm himself or try to flee while EEMS was en route. However, the subject tried to flee again. The officer told the subject he needed to sit in the back of the police vehicle until EEMS arrived.
While they were attempting to move the subject, the subject clenched his fists, tried to run away and began making more aggressive movements. One of the officers placed his taser on the subject’s left front shoulder area and warned the subject that he would tase him if he continued to fight. The subject said, “No, that’s electricity,” and then relaxed and sat in the back of the police car until the ambulance arrived. When the ambulance arrived, the personnel determined the subject was still not coherent enough to take care of himself and transported him to Emory University Hospital (EUH). EPD followed the ambulance and ensured the subject was in the hospital before they left.

After the subject was checked into the hospital, the officers discovered the subject was wanted by Fulton County for failure to appear on a criminal trespass charge. After the subject was discharged from EUH, an officer took him into custody and transported him to the DeKalb County Jail. Campus Life was notified about the incident.