PANYNJ Efforts to Reduce Suicides on George Washington Bridge Include More Officers, Surveillance Cameras

New York Daily News reports, “A dozen people jumped to their deaths off the George Washington Bridge in 2016 — down from 18 victims the year before, officials said [yesterday, January 5].” The report comes as police stopped a man from attempting suicide on the bridge yesterday and adds that, “So many people have leapt from the span, the Port Authority took steps to post more police officers to the walkway and set up surveillance cameras.”