Man with brain injury acts erratically, barricades door

Heard on: Montcalm MI EMS Dispatch Group Calls

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This is dispatch to Alpha Eleven and I am going to start Rescue Twenty Seven Two due to your distance.

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I've got a med three call in Howard City.

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I am going to have you guys stage and have officer Stark also.

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Address is (number withheld) South Poplar Street, (number withheld) South Poplar between Terry and Washburn.

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Caller is a 3rd party caller.

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She's up in Big Rapids calling to have her mom, who is currently in the house with the caller's (number withheld) year old brother.

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He had a traumatic brain injury about 6 years ago.

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He's been acting very erratic today.

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Was walking up and down the street.

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Just kind of throwing things.

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Now he's in his bedroom, and he has maybe something propped against the door, but he's not responding to the subject on scene when they're banging on the door trying to get him to open the door.

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So 10-06.

7/18/2026 09:05 PM

Medical Emergency

Washburn St, Howard City, MI 49329

Man with brain injury acts erratically, barricades door

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As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews were dispatched to a home near South Poplar Street in Howard City for a possible behavioral crisis involving an adult man with a past brain injury. A third-party caller reported that he had been acting erratically, walking in the street, throwing objects, and then barricading himself in a bedroom, leading responders to stage and request law enforcement support.

Man with brain injury acts erratically, barricades door

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