At about 6:30 p.m. March 22, 2015, Officer Eliseo Alatorre responded to a suspicious circumstance on the Fremont overcrossing near Highway 99. Upon arrival, he contacted a woman clinging to the chain link fence on the outer side of the over crossing above the southbound lanes of the freeway. The woman was leaning forward with her arms behind her and her feet over the side of the ledge. She told Officer Alatorre that she wanted to die because she was all alone and was going to jump off the overcrossing into the path of an oncoming big rig. Officer Alatorre calmly spoke with her, and in a few moments walked her about 25 feet along the narrow ledge of the overpass to safety. A native of Galt, Officer Alatorre began his career with the California Highway Patrol in its Hayward branch in 2008. He transferred to Stockton in 2010. This was his first interaction with a suicidal person in his nine years as an officer. “I do remember as I was speaking to her and trying to get her to the sidewalk that I hoped she wouldn’t decide to not listen to me and jump,” he said, adding he had to hold on to her shirt through the chain link fence as she made her way to safety. When the woman reached the sidewalk, she walked directly into Officer Alatorre’s arms. Assistant CHP chief Jonnie Fenner said officers put on their uniform every day to protect the community, but they never know what kinds of incidents they are going to face. “We take time to acknowledge the hard work and heroic efforts of community folks, be it officers or citizens,” she said. “It takes a collective effort by all of us to keep our community safe.”