Child in distress reported on East Portal Avenue, Mesa AZ
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As discussed during the dispatch call, police and emergency responders were called to a home near East Portal Avenue in Mesa for a report of a nine-year-old child experiencing a violent breakdown. The child was reportedly throwing objects, swearing, and hitting the gate. The mother contacted crisis services, but no ETA was provided. A crisis intervention team was requested.
Audio|Heard on: Mesa Police Department Superstition Patrol District
Listen to dispatch call
02:44
Transcript:
00:00
Charlie 4031, Charlie 43, can you copy a 42918[1] on Portal?
00:07
Charlie 43.
00:11
1203.
00:14
It's going to be near East Portal Avenue.
00:17
(Name withheld)’s nine-year-old son is having a meltdown.
00:19
(Name withheld)’s son was taken to (number withheld) on the 22nd and they changed his medication.
00:24
It's a Daniels sign off.
00:26
Son's throwing things at (name withheld), the mother,
00:28
swearing, hitting the back gate.
00:34
Charlie 43, copy.
00:39
There you go.
00:44
Engines for that mentally ill or disturbed person call on Portal.
00:47
Son is last seen wearing a Pokémon shirt and tie-dye pants, about 4'2", 60 pounds, sandy blonde hair, currently out by the front door.
00:58
Of course you copy.
01:06
Seven Charlie Five Five, I will be en route to CBI Javelina with a 15.
01:10
Can you copy (number withheld)?
01:12
I'm good.
01:15
698.
01:17
698, (number withheld).
01:23
17, it's code 4, (number withheld).
01:25
Can you make it a 238?
01:28
Copy 16.
01:34
(Number withheld) for up duty.
01:39
(Number withheld).
01:42
(Number withheld) is main into (number withheld), (number withheld) is my 21.
01:52
Okay.
01:53
Three Charlie Forty Three and One Charlie Forty Three, mother called crisis and they did not give her an ETA.
02:02
Where'd you go?
02:07
Charlie Forty Six, can you copy please?
02:11
Go ahead.
02:13
(Name withheld) to (name withheld).
02:23
Search turns back on a 2020 Tesla Model 3 showing clear to a (name withheld).
02:29
Returning back to the dispatch.
02:35
Charlie 43 and three, Charlie 43.
02:38
The son's continuing to escalate, with a husband and four other children in the home.
02:44
Where does he go?
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
918: Mentally ill or disturbed person; possible mental health crisis or related emergency.
Disclaimer:
This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
E Portal Ave, Mesa, AZ 85212
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