Welfare check at Cleveland Avenue apartment, Des Moines IA
Medical EmergencyDispatchers coordinate a welfare check for an elderly woman at an apartment near Cleveland Avenue in Des Moines. She was recently treated for pneumonia and is not answering her door; callers report hearing her cell phone ringing inside. Callers request the first available officer. Dispatch notes only one unit is available citywide and gives access info (unit (number withheld), buzz (number withheld)). A case number is requested.
Audio|Source: Des Moines Police Dispatch 1
01:25
Transcript:
Copy, thank you. You're welcome. Anyone available to respond for a welfare check near Cleveland Avenue, advise? Anyone available to respond for a welfare check near Cleveland Avenue, advise? I got a welfare check near Cleveland Avenue, advise. No cars in, only one car available citywide. We're going to be checking on an elderly female. She was in the hospital earlier today for breathing difficulties diagnosed with pneumonia. Caller went to her apartment after dinner to check on her; now she won't answer the door and they can hear her cell phone ringing inside. Probably first available. If you're going to send an officer, I can head that way. Copy. I'll dispatch first available. near Cleveland Avenue. It's unit (number withheld). You can buzz (number withheld) to be let in. (name withheld). Go ahead. Case number, please.
Copy, thank you. You're welcome. Anyone available to respond for a welfare check near Cleveland Avenue, advise? Anyone available to respond for a welfare check near Cleveland Avenue, advise? I got a welfare check near Cleveland Avenue, advise. No cars in, only one car available citywide. We're going to be checking on an elderly female. She was in the hospital earlier today for breathing difficulties diagnosed with pneumonia. Caller went to her apartment after dinner to check on her; now she won't answer the door and they can hear her cell phone ringing inside. Probably first available. If you're going to send an officer, I can head that way. Copy. I'll dispatch first available. near Cleveland Avenue. It's unit (number withheld). You can buzz (number withheld) to be let in. (name withheld). Go ahead. Case number, please.
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Location mentioned:
Near Cleveland Ave, Des Moines, IA 50316
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