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Child Talked Down in Barron Co.

Child Talked Down in Barron Co.

On Tuesday, May 11, 2021, at 2:09 p.m., the Barron County 911 center received a call that a 12 year old child was in a tree threatening to jump. Deputies from the Barron County Sheriff’s Department arrived on scene and located the 12 year old about 30 feet up in a tree.


After 45 minutes of negotiations, deputies acted on a rescue plan with the help of all the agencies involved and got the child down without any injury. The coordinated effort by deputies and all the responding agencies was text book in a fluid situation.

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