Man threatens self with knife in Kenhorst Borough, Reading PA
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, police responded near Highwood Avenue in Kenhorst Borough to a report of a 48-year-old man threatening to kill himself with a knife. The man may have bipolar disorder. His wife was present and uncertain if he had harmed himself.
Audio|Heard on: Berks County Emergency Services
Listen to dispatch call
01:21
Transcript:
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The City of Reading is being dispatched to stage in the area near Highwood Avenue in Kenhorst Borough for a class 4 subject.
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0853.
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Marks, Assistant 52-1.
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7-502-1.
00:25
Those branches are removed, you can place your remainder company 52 at the level.
00:30
Okay, so I said 51, branch to remove, 52's available, 08-54.
00:36
Sir, next to 8-2-1 is around reading.
00:40
Not-a-2-1, your mouth are reading, 08-54.
00:44
Okay, thank you.
00:47
Okay, thank you.
00:51
City, minute.
00:55
Responding to near Highwood Avenue, I was.
01:01
The MDC3 responding to early 56 stage in the area is a 48-year-old male threatening to kill himself.
01:07
He does have a knife, unsure if he'll cooperate with responders, these bipolar and office medications.
01:13
The caller is going to be the patient's wife and she is currently sitting in her vehicle.
01:18
She's unsure if the patient has actually harmed himself at this point.
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Location mentioned:
Highwood Ave, Reading, PA 19607
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