> At some point, Mr. Jones began to douse himself with hand sanitizer, Mr. Stanzione said. > “I think they were afraid he was going to hurt himself, and that’s

> At some point, Mr. Jones began to douse himself with hand sanitizer, Mr. Stanzione said. > “I think they were afraid he was going to hurt himself, and that’s what started it,” Chief Darling told The Times Union, calling the episode “horrible.” The irony here is that they were apparently trying to protect him from himself, but he was behaving very oddly by dumping sanitizer on himself. This doesn't sound like just a little bit on the hands, but more like someone dumping the jug over their head given what happened.