We don’t know if you saw the brief news story about the incident in Bend’s Orchard Park on Tuesday. But when so much attention is being paid across the nation to how police deal with violent situations, it’s worth noting.

Bend Police faced down an armed, erratic, bloody suspect, baying that he wanted to kill them. They are to be commended for managing to subdue him before he could hurt himself or others.

It began when a police officer stopped a car on Northeast Sixth Street by Orchard Park. The car had been seen leaving the address where police had been called about a domestic dispute.

The officer found out the passenger, Christopher Michael Nolan, had allegedly violated his parole and his parole officer requested he be arrested. Another officer arrived. Nolan grabbed a large knife from inside the car, according to a news release. The police ordered him to drop it. He told the officers to kill him and cut himself on his wrists and neck. He ran into the park.

A third police officer arrived. They urged him to drop the knife and surrender, according to police. Nolan threatened to kill them, waving and pointing the knife. Two officers managed to get into position to use their Tasers on him. They managed to do so.

Nolan was not seriously hurt. The officers were not injured. Nolan was treated for his injuries, his mental health was evaluated and he was booked into the Deschutes County jail on charges of three counts of menacing, unlawful use of a weapon and the parole violation.

Bend police have made a commitment to training this summer through interactive scenarios to learn better how to deal with people in mental health crises. The two trainers are giving up their Sunday’s off to ensure everyone gets that training to better handle incidents that could be deadly.

Training is, of course, training. It only has some of the flavor of a real incident. And as Bend Police Chief Jim Porter told us: “Sadly, it’s almost assured there will be a time here in Bend when all the training in the world will not prevent one of our officers from having to respond with deadly force to protect others or themselves.”