Mental health crisis involving veteran refusing medication, Chicago IL
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Medical EmergencyAccording to the dispatch call, a 71-year-old veteran near W Cortland St is experiencing a mental health crisis. He is refusing medication and becoming agitated. His family wants to transport him to the hospital for treatment. Emergency medical services have been dispatched.
Audio|Heard on: Chicago Police Department Zone 12
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Transcript:
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34 got a mental health disturbance near W Cortland St.
00:04
It's the house.
00:05
Ray is your caller, I guess he's a caseworker.
00:08
This says a 71-year-old veteran is refusing to take his meds.
00:11
He's starting to get out of control.
00:13
Has him going.
00:15
Out at night in the cold, the sons want him to transport him to the hospital.
00:19
He has been diagnosed with schizophrenia, no drinking drugs to weapons.
00:23
That's how we have, no further.
00:26
7-4.
00:28
Ryan 34. Fight is not in route, so let us know if they're needed.
00:31
Well, you know what? It says they're in route, so let me see who's going.
00:36
10-4.
00:38
Looks like NJ96 is in route, the ambulance has been dispatched.
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Location mentioned:
W Cortland St, Chicago, IL 60639
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