Welfare check canceled after address confusion, Acushnet MA
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According to the dispatch call, officers were dispatched to check on a person after a hospital social worker reported not hearing from her. The welfare check was canceled after confirming her address was near Fall River, not Acushnet.
Audio|Heard on: South Coast Massachusetts Public Safety
Listen to dispatch call
01:23
Transcript:
00:00
You can make your way over near Bellabue Street for a welfare check.
00:05
We received a call from the social worker at Rhode Island Hospital requesting a check on the party.
00:11
He states that they haven't heard from (name withheld).
00:13
You're looking for (name withheld).
00:15
They haven't heard from her and then you take it in contact with her as soon as possible regarding her husband's medical decisions.
00:26
Fire chief.
00:28
On receipt.
00:30
Are they calling about (name withheld)?
00:35
Yes,
00:37
they are.
00:39
We went there yesterday during the day shift for St.
00:42
Anne's Hospital, and he supposedly does not reside there, and they don't even know who he is.
00:57
The call on the log yesterday, I'm not sure what time it was, but he has a Fall River address.
01:08
Wait, Steve, I'm calling the office bill now.
01:15
Hey,
01:16
when it's a four and five and four and one, you can cancel that welfare check.
01:19
The social worker just called back and stated it was a Fall River address.
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Location mentioned:
Acushnet, MA 02743
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