Child barricades herself during mental health crisis, Gorham ME
Medical EmergencyA six-year-old girl is having a mental health crisis and has barricaded herself inside her bedroom near Tamarack Cir. Her mother is also barricaded inside, and the girl is attempting to break down the door. Knives are present in the kitchen but are not involved in the situation. Medical and police units are responding to assist. The child is refusing her medication, which triggered the crisis.
Audio|Source: Cumberland County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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Near Tamarack Cir, caller states her daughter,
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(name withheld), who is six, is having a mental health crisis.
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There are knives in the kitchen, but they are not in play.
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No one is injured.
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What's that, Foxo?
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Six.
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Affirmative, born in 2019.
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P.C.
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3660 Uber X-ray, 3660ZX.
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20. You can't test control.
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Copy 28[2], both units, just be advised the child is barricaded in her bedroom. Check that the caller is barricaded in her bedroom and the child's trying to break the door down.
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They both come back to the account holder.
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That's given to us by the LAF company.
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10-4[1]. Break five, I'm going to try to make contact with him. I think I can hear a kid crying upstairs.
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Careful. Let me go through the corner.
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Okay,
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camera.
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Take one.
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Yeah.
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Ten-four, that's the new announcement provided.
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Do you know if the house is unlocked to get in?
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They say to the back doors unlocked, I believe it's going to be apartment 2C, as in Charlie.
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The child's still trying to break the door down.
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They'd state that the daughter might need an ambulance.
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She's refusing to take her medication, so that's what started this tonight.
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You can go ahead and put them on standby,
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stop the stage.
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Copy 28[2]. Great, Kenny Gorm 3, do you copy?
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I copy. I'm having an issue with my mobile. He said camera rack circled on in the village, correct?
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No. I have a multi-off.
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Affirmative.
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It's going to be a 2C, 2 Charlie.
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No.
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Go on fire, standby to respond with the police department to near Tamarac Circle for a medical.
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360, go ahead.
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The other 82 drop from there.
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I'm on the air with a medical box 526 for Gorm Ambulance 1, Gorm Engine 2.
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Respond to near Tamarack Circle, cross streets, a Hemlock Drive, Evergreen Drive,
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with a police department for a 6-year-old female and a mental health crisis.
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Firelander Pina with a medical box 526 for Gorm Ambulance 1, Gorm Engine 2.
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Respond with the police department, near Tamarack Circle, Cross Streets, Hemlock Drive, and Evergreen Drive.
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Stage for a 6-year-old female having a mental health crisis.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
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10-4: Acknowledgement or confirmation that a message has been received and understood.
[2]
28: Vehicle registration/plate check
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Location mentioned:
Near Tamarack Cir, Gorham, ME 04038
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