EMERGENCY services were called out after a man threatened to throw himself into the water at Portland Marina.
Weymouth lifeboat and Portland Coastguard were called out by Dorset Police at around 10.30pm yesterday to help with a man threatening to jump from a pontoon.
The man was taken to safety by police officers.
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