Child briefly missing near Lido Beach located safely, Sarasota FL
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Missing PersonAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to a report of a missing young child near Lido Beach by Ben Franklin Drive and Coolidge Drive. The child, described as a five-year-old wearing a red shirt, was later found safely by beach patrol. Units responding to the area were cleared after confirmation the child was located.
Audio|Heard on: Sarasota FL Law Dispatch Group Calls
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01:42
Transcript:
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Dispatch one calls like 1065, a signal eight zone ten.
00:04
Go ahead.
00:07
Lido Beach North, near Ben Franklin Drive and Coolidge Drive.
00:11
Last seen 10 to 15 minutes ago at the main beach.
00:14
A five-year-old (name withheld) is missing.
00:17
(Name withheld), five years of age, 3 ft, wearing a red shirt.
00:21
We are also advising beach patrol.
00:24
Bring sixty-one and sixty-two also be en route.
00:28
Yeah.
00:30
Forty-three to.
00:32
Any south side available units, if you can head that way.
00:37
One ball seven, I'll be clearing shortly.
00:39
It can be fifty-one.
00:41
One ball ten is finished.
00:44
Ten fifty-one to the signal eight.
00:47
Cover one ball nine.
00:50
Ten, if you don't mind meeting with a caller and then the other units can start saturating the beach.
00:56
Yes, sir. J signal 14 is heavy traffic coming on for the island.
01:01
And dispatch all units.
01:04
I see something on the screen about boy Paul zero three is 1012 with the child.
01:09
Is that?
01:13
That's temporary. I was trying to get out on the radio.
01:14
There is just a lot of radio traffic.
01:16
Beach patrol is 1012 with a child and you can 22.
01:20
Six copy coming in.
01:23
Ten 43, you want me to go confirm?
01:32
Dispatcher, I just need to respond.
01:34
Everybody else can cancel.
01:37
That's ten four. Ten staying on the call.
01:38
Ninety-seven marine sixty-one fifty-two and one hundred forty-seven can cancel.
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Location mentioned:
Benjamin Franklin Dr, Sarasota, FL 34236
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