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Resident unable to exit duplex due to frozen door, Watertown SD

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Reported: 12/10/2025 02:51 AM

6th Ave SW, Watertown, SD 57201

A resident at a duplex near 6th Avenue southwest in Watertown, SD, reported being unable to exit because the door's deadbolt was frozen shut. Officers were dispatched to assist.

Audio|Heard on: Codington County Public Safety

Listen to dispatch call

01:40

Transcript:

00:00

Could you go to near 6th Avenue southwest?

00:05

See if you can assist the RPs there.

00:08

They're advising they cannot get out their door.

00:11

It's frozen shut.

00:13

It's a duplex and they are in the side closest to the garage.

00:17

Again, near 6th Avenue SW.

00:22

Did you still have them on the line, so?

00:25

Negative.

00:29

Time for, I'll give them a call.

00:31

I'm not really sure what they will want me to do for now.

00:38

Have one.

00:43

36, thank you.

00:52

I've got a call about some icy road conditions near dynamic engineering at 221 says in the street already made contact with the street department they advised there.

01:03

Anyways, do you start putting out sand on the roads?

01:11

All of the roads are IC.

01:13

You can go ahead and close it out.

01:16

104.

01:18

I have to come soon.

01:22

Go ahead.

01:24

Ice bolt at the RP.

01:25

It sounds like it's not ice on the outside.

01:28

The deadbolt is frozen,

01:31

shut,

01:33

and short of damaging their door, I'm not going to be able to do anything about the deadbolt.

01:38

They said they're going to try to call and lock and see if they have any solutions.

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Location mentioned:

6th Ave SW, Watertown, SD 57201

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