Welfare check for child claiming parent is deceased
Other Non-Crime EventPolice are responding to a call about a young child who said their parent is dead while playing on the phone. The reported location is in the street with no house, but there is an apartment complex nearby.
Audio|Source: Houston Police Department - All Districts
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Transcript:
(name withheld), 43 days. Myself and (name withheld) are going to be across the street at the McDonald's and Taco Bell. We're going to try to get our suspect. (name withheld). You're a west side surgeon on the air for our downgrade on the coat soon. 20-2006. They dropped to Code 2 urgent welfare check[2] at 1970 South Kirkwood for a young child playing on the phone on 911 and I can't call the number back because it's a 911 number. The little voice, she has to speak to a parent and he says they're dead. They don't know if he's playing on the phone or if something happened at that location. Is it quite a make it a code 3[1]? The kid said that their parent was dead? Yeah, but just a very young child playing on the phone and it's a 911 number for the call. The address that they dropped it at is in the middle of the street on South Kirkwood, but there's not an actual house at that location and there's a apartment complex to the right.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
code 3: Emergency response (lights-and-sirens)
[2]
urgent welfare check: Check on the well-being of an individual
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Location mentioned:
Near S Kirkwood Rd, Houston, TX 77077
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