Child reports intoxicated parent at Bancroft home

Heard on: Algona Police and Fire

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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55A from Algona.

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You're needed at (number withheld) North Maple Street in Bancroft.

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That's (number withheld) North Maple Street.

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The RP is an (number withheld)-year-old son, mom has been to treatment several times.

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The son is in the basement hiding scared.

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The mom was apparently drunk in her room.

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There are two other people.

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Or somebody got

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cut off by a truck in a row.

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Sorry, the RP is with an eleven-year-old son.

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The mom, I guess, just got back from treatment a few months ago.

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She's drunk in her room.

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The siblings are in their beds asleep, but the eleven-year-old boy is in the basement scared.

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Not sure what she's up to, but he knows that she's drunk based off how she's sounding and acting.

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He's scared of the basement currently.

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Adults in the house?

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With the individual before,

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she's a single mom.

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Has a history of leaving her kids at home while she goes in authorities.

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Yeah, well.

5/1/2026 11:35 PM

Family Offense

N Maple St, Bancroft, IA 50517

Child reports intoxicated parent at Bancroft home

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As discussed during the dispatch call, units were requested to a residence near N Maple St in Bancroft after a minor reported their mother was intoxicated in her room. The caller stated other children were in the home asleep and the caller was hiding in the basement and scared.

Child reports intoxicated parent at Bancroft home

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