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Person in mental health crisis transported to hospitalAmherst MA

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S Pleasant St & Hitchcock Rd, Amherst, MA 01002

As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency units responded to a mental health crisis near South Pleasant Street and Hitchcock Road. One person involved was evaluated and transported to Cooley Dickinson Hospital for further care.

Audio|Heard on: Amherst Fire
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02:13
Transcript:
00:00
Attention 5181, and we respond to the area of South Pleasant and Hitchcock Road with APD and stage for a possible Section 12[1] response stage at South Pleasant and Hitchcock with APD in stage at South Pleasant and Hitchcock with APD at (number withheld).
00:23
179A3. Okay,
00:25
A3 is going to be clear.
00:28
This is the call or has been unfounded.
00:34
A3. You're going to be clear whether no patient found at (number withheld).
00:47
79 a1 go that a1 we're on near the stage a
00:57
A1 on air stage at (number withheld)
01:00
79 79 A729 a 89 a 79 a 89 a 89
01:14
We're at Steadland and South Pleasant.
01:19
Do you have the nature of this call?
01:25
Hey, what, happy staging at Selim, South Pleasant.
01:28
It's a mental health crisis.
01:32
I guess the involved party was just going through something,
01:40
(number withheld).
01:45
A1 from 729.
01:49
A1 copies director with Bdney responding.
01:53
3.
01:56
79, A2.
01:58
A2.
01:59
A2.
02:03
We began transport of 1 to CDH a minute or two ago while you were talking A1.
02:11
A2 around CDH 23 dirt fuel.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Section 12: Massachusetts involuntary psychiatric evaluation/commitment under M.G.L. c.123 §12

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Location mentioned:
S Pleasant St & Hitchcock Rd, Amherst, MA 01002

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