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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
The downside is the person kills himself. Which probably isn't an outcome the family is OK with.
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But he hadn't done so yet, and you have to weigh that against what you think the likelihood is that going in yourself will increase the risk of him panicking and killing himself, or something happening like what actually did happen, particularly given that you know beforehand you're leaving yourself with no easy way out of the situation once you're on that balcony. Then you have to factor in the likelihood of intervention providing a benefit in the circumstances - particularly where you've been advised that the person in question is paranoid, is likely to respond poorly to being confronted by police, and doesn't speak the same language as the officers (and therefore can't communicate with them).
Hell may freeze over as I type this, but I agree with afc. I'm prepared to change my mind if the investigation provides further information than the limited amount available now, but from what I can see, it seems like this was just a bad plan.