Colonie police disarm woman in crisis; chief faults hospital for quick release

COLONIE — Town officials criticized a “fractured mental health infrastructure” after a suicidal woman who approached police with a knife was taken into custody.

The 29-year-old woman called 911 around 2:40 a.m. on Sept. 25.

“I need help,” she says in a recording released by police, saying she is going to harm herself with a knife…

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