Weapons recovered after eight-hour police incident in Chesterfield
Officers were called to Cherwell Close at 6.40pm yesterday.
A Derbyshire Constabulary spokesman said: "There were concerns for the safety of a man who was later taken to hospital."
On Twitter, Derbyshire Armed Response Unit said it was an 'eight-hour deployment' and the 'subject eventually allowed us to get him medical help and weapons were recovered'.
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Hide AdThey added that the incident was 'brought to a safe conclusion' with support from police negotiators and paramedics.
The tweet ended with #MentalHealthAwareness.
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