The 45-year-old man is under police guard at Lismore Base Hospital following a lengthy police operation.
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00:00 (siren wailing)
00:02 - Originally just seemed like a normal day,
00:07 just one of the last few weeks at TAFE for the year.
00:10 And about nine o'clock we had the emergency sign go off,
00:14 the lockdown bell.
00:15 At first we didn't really think much about it
00:17 'cause it was just a practice run
00:19 or something like it normally is.
00:21 And then about half an hour later we seen the pole there,
00:24 the police helicopter circling TAFE.
00:27 - It was a bit uncertain,
00:28 like we still had our phones and stuff so,
00:30 we still heard a bit of like outside noise I guess.
00:33 But yeah, it wasn't too bad.
00:35 Just, you know, fairly under control.
00:38 Trust the boys out there.
00:40 - Police are searching the property at the moment,
00:43 but it was a police operation where we had concerns
00:45 for the safety of that person and the community.
00:48 And that is why we asked the community to, you know,
00:51 leave that exclusion area, leave that to the police,
00:54 go about their business in other areas.
00:57 There was no concern for the community generally.
01:00 And like I said, this person was taken to custody safely
01:04 with no injuries whatsoever.
01:05 (upbeat music)
01:08 (upbeat music)