Phone ping prompts welfare check at residence
Medical EmergencyDispatch received a teletype from Charles County about a suicide hotline call. The caller's phone was pinged near 3175 Brightwood Lane within about 122 meters. Officers were asked to make contact with the person linked to the account for a welfare check. Dispatch checked records and did not find recent priors at the address.
Audio|Source: Melbourne Police and Fire Dispatch
02:48
Transcript:
We received a teletype from Charles County, Maryland requesting we send officers to 3175 Brightwood Lane. They asked we make contact with either (name withheld) or (name withheld). It also looks like (name withheld). They advised they received a call from the suicide hotline about a subject flagged by signal 39 or signal 45. The suicide hotline was unable to give an exact address, but Charles County pinged the phone and it was located within a 122 meter radius. They said the account was registered to (name withheld) at the Brightwood address. Can you call him back and see if he's at home or wants to come out and talk? Units copy. I'm not showing any priors at the residence or under (name withheld) so far. Per Charles County, the phone is plotting within a 122 meter radius of this location. We'll also check on (name withheld).
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Melbourne, FL
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