Woman in distress threatening self-harm near Pawtucket Blvd, Lowell MA
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As discussed during the dispatch call, police responded to a medical emergency near Pawtucket Boulevard in Lowell, where a woman was reportedly having a mental health crisis and threatening to harm herself with a pocket knife. Responding units confirmed she had put down the weapon, and assistance was provided.
Audio|Heard on: Lowell Police Department
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02:21
Transcript:
00:00
Can you head out to near Pawtucket Boulevard? Caller says (name withheld)'s girlfriend is having a mental health episode, threatening to harm herself with a pocket knife.
00:09
She has since put it down though.
00:14
Car 12, Car 2.
00:15
Can you head that way too, please?
00:18
Two copy.
00:41
It's gonna be building near Pawtucket Boulevard, unit number withheld.
00:51
Car 12, you can disregard.
00:52
There's enough cars going out there.
01:00
Report a fire alarm.
01:08
Police and National Grid are going to handle.
01:10
Engine 4 is returning.
01:28
All right, passerby just approached me saying that (name withheld) is lying down in the middle of the roadway from (name withheld)’s.
01:33
So I'm going to start heading over there.
01:43
Car 8 is in front of (name withheld)’s getting reports of (name withheld) lying in the roadway there.
02:16
The only issue she was having was she had a pocket knife, the boyfriend's pocket knife.
02:19
But they had gotten it off her and put it down.
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Location mentioned:
Pawtucket Blvd, Lowell, MA 01854
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