Elderly man threatens harm in welfare check call, Buena Vista CO
Medical EmergencyAn elderly man at a residence near Overlook Run made threats to kill police officers during a welfare check request. He also expressed a need for mental health assistance. Authorities were coordinating to locate and assist him.
Audio|Source: Chaffee County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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I have a request for a welfare check.
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Address is near Overlook Run.
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Mail party is Elder (name withheld).
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His daughter's apparently trying to close his account with TBK Bank and answering calls from the fraud department.
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I had a party call in advising that he had just talked to Frisco Police Department, threatening to kill all of them for the responsibility of their actions and kidnapping him before, etc., etc.
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I also received a call from the detective in Frisco, advising that the parties at the Sand Dunes Trail,
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his name is (name withheld).
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I do have been talking to the crisis line.
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He was requesting mental health help.
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He also wants to kill any officer.
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Okay.
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Do you want to do that?
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Requested the...
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put with a mental health provider, which I have transferred him to.
00:53
Copy, Tom, if we can do it.
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See if we can find him in the house anywhere?
00:57
That's the mail party?
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What I was told.
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Do you also call, uh, call the detective from Friscozell?
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You had 1026.
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JPS5. JPS5.
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I'm assuming that the location you guys are getting, puts him in our county, he's giving the San Juan's trail out of our county as the Falls location.
01:15
The phone when he called on 911 to the north east of Tangerfoot.
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Copy, thank you.
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Location mentioned:
Near Overlook Run, Buena Vista, CO 81211
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