Emergency check at apartment for possible dementia call, Chicago IL
Police responded to a call from apartment 101 near North Leavitt about a possible mental health issue. The caller hung up and was later identified as having dementia by the caller's son. Officers were advised to note this address for future calls involving dementia.
Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 02
04:2
Transcript:
00:00
We don't see anyone out here. Is there a caller?
00:06
So we had a note from fire. They're asking us to check apartment 101.
00:12
They think it's possibly a zebra[1],
00:15
psych or drug,
00:16
or a prank.
00:18
They're asking us to check out apartment 101 for near North Leavitt.
00:25
922, were you on scene?
00:31
Thank you for good.
00:35
Hey, were you on scene with 20 for this, Marine?
00:42
22 on there.
00:48
So the caller did hung up.
00:52
Caller hung up. We got voicemail.
00:54
It's from Apartment 101.
00:57
101. We don't have a name.
01:02
What is the address on Leavitt?
01:06
Near North Leavitt, apartment 101.
02:15
We're trying to do a callback for the caller. We're not able to make contact, which sounds like a zebra[1]. We're checking for the caller in Unit 101 for near North Leavitt.
02:43
We're speaking with the call right now. We talked to the caller's son.
02:46
They're saying she does have dementia.
02:49
So it's looking like this might be a code.
02:54
Then for speaking with the son,
02:57
callers possibly have dementia,
02:59
probably a zebra[1] call per 1920.
03:41
This would be your code. Give us a couple minutes. Can you make a note for this address if a caller has dementia?
03:47
Can you make a note for this address if the caller has dementia? 7.4. We'll do a special attention for this caller. Near North Leavitt Unit 101,
03:55
Dementia.
03:58
Yeah, I guess they dealt with some more calls like this. Okay.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
zebra: Phonetic code representing the letter "Z" in radio or verbal communication.
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