Elderly man threatened suicide near Colorado railroad underpass, Mesa County CO
Law enforcement called for medical help after an elderly man threatened to jump near the 30 Road railroad underpass, who was cold and in distress.
Audio|Source: Mesa County and Grand Junction Police, Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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I'm code 4.
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Will you start me a squad, code 2? This male is very cold at this point, and he was going to jump.
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6.40.
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Go ahead.
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2670s, relief me, I can be available.
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Okay.
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2258, traffic.
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5258.
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Currently at a red light, 32, I said it could be 136 Tom, David, Mary.
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The dogs and the rest of Mr.
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Cook's property was released to Ashley.
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I'll be clear, says.
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Okay.
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Negative, you can stay there.
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We can use truck ones if we need aerial.
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Sick, copies.
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You can bring your crew up and just go on deck for now and we'll pull some handlines here in a moment once we have the five inch connected.
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Medic 6, Tender 3 en route.
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Medic 2, en route, the 30 road underpass at the railroad tracks.
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They're going to be on top by the tracks.
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Law enforcement is on scene requesting Code 2[1] for an elderly male who's cold and suicidal.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Code 2: Non-emergency response (no lights/sirens)
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