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Patient leaves mental health facility after evaluation

S Federal Hwy, Deerfield Beach, FL 33441 - 6/12/2026 09:00 AM

As discussed during the dispatch call, officers are looking for a psychiatric patient who reportedly ran from a mental health facility near South Federal Highway in Deerfield Beach after staff prepared to initiate a Baker Act. Radio traffic mentions that he appears to meet Baker criteria and that units are checking with the caller about whether his stay was court ordered.

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Broward County Sheriff Dispatch - North
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Saying that the subject eloped from the facility when he was about to be Baker Acted, he was agitated and ran off.
00:06
He is diagnosed with anxiety and depression, and he meets the Baker criteria.
00:17
Do we know if he's court ordered to be there? Is that something that we could get from the caller?
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