a city of charleston police officer committed suicide thursday morning during a standoff at his home .
officials said the officer 's wife made the call , which was listed as a domestic dispute .
local police called in the charleston county sheriff 's department , the crisis negotiations team , swat , and bomb squads to assume responsibility of the situation ` because we did not want to have our own folks dealing with this individual on a daily basis ' , charleston police chief gregg mullen told live 5 news .