Missing elderly male with dementia found safe, Gastonia NC
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According to the dispatch call, an elderly male with dementia was reported missing near East Franklin Boulevard Walmart in Gastonia, North Carolina. Law enforcement units searched the area and found the individual safe. No medical assistance was needed.
Audio|Heard on: Gaston County Police/Fire/EMS - Primary Channel
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Transcript:
00:00
81014, we were just approached at Walmart East Franklin Boulevard about a missing special specialty, elderly male with dementia who wandered off.
00:06
Can you use something this way? We're trying to figure out if he's on foot away from Walmart or inside. We've got units circulating.
00:13
104-9-127 or out-poor?
00:16
10-4[1].
00:18
Nick Christian City, I'm not far away on being Ryswell.
00:22
104. Back to City, see, you can have myself out in Santa, back of 40 is a missing person.
00:28
104.
00:29
432, 24.
00:31
As 10, City, if you would just generate a call from missing person special so it doesn't interfere with our currency or no.
00:38
104. 104.
00:43
TAMS, you need to go ahead and start EMS as well?
00:47
25-16 counting, tonight UCF.
00:51
Hold off for now.
00:53
All right.
00:54
X-ray 124 on 2?
00:57
124. Yeah,
00:59
that's fine. We've got a basic unit on the scene, but there are bus to transport to do it off towards.
01:05
I'll be 10-8[2] with a report, arrest,
01:09
by a citation, and can you more make 42 as x-ray 124 and 41 as 2.2030?
01:17
104, do we have any information on the patient to let EMS know?
01:22
We're welcome again.
01:24
10-4[1]. 10-4.
01:27
Well, that's when I'm then dropped to them.
01:30
10-4[1]. 10-4.
01:35
Probably 20 to any patrol officers that are coming out of Walmart.
01:43
5.22, Kenny.
01:45
522.
01:51
I went from the 26 to the 20, almost the 29, and I haven't seen any vehicle.
01:59
They were northbound, correct?
02:03
615 Sheriff's Office, 41, please.
02:05
Thank you for you.
02:07
104, that's correct.
02:11
615, 104. You have me on to the...
02:13
I'm going to get to the Hallway 1024.
02:16
104, I advise when I get to the Hollow 829.
02:20
104, we only received one call.
02:24
Sorry, you have background as you were.
02:27
The script is going to be a, uh,
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for Walmart East Franklin Boulevard, uh,
02:31
white male holder blue jeans.
02:33
He's got a blue Hawaiian shirt with white flowers on it, but the choice.
02:39
Add me onto the missing person, especially at Walmart East Franklin Boulevard.
02:43
Correct. It looks like there's a vehicle on the southbound side, but there's a wrecker out with it.
02:52
Copy.
02:53
2M4. I'm 27.
02:55
You have the 23 at the location with the RP?
02:58
Charlie 2.m.
02:59
23 in the area.
03:01
904 dispatch.
03:02
Go ahead.
03:06
40C, 141A and NCI-1, Missing Person Special, Walmart 3,000 East Franklin Boulevard and Gastonia.
03:12
It's going to be for...
03:14
Security check, Horny-Haw.
03:17
10-4[1].
03:19
I'm a holder right now, which means in the whole time, the Shepard.
03:27
Charlie 10.
03:29
Call it 10.
03:30
Go ahead. Go ahead.
03:35
Sorry.
03:38
Let's make that SRU instead of MCI1, please.
03:43
You said to send the SRU instead of MCI1?
03:48
Yes, ma'am.
03:51
Ten for SRIU you expect.
03:53
City to S-Kand.
03:58
Charlie 21-41.
04:01
Ten-four. Ten-four.
04:07
That's how to use direct.
04:09
Sam 4.
04:14
7.4C. Do you want me to send Dallas-183 to this moving person special in subpo, 141A? 141A, 141A is the one-hoshel?
04:22
That's what I'm not for my phone.
04:25
Stand 4. See me to Dallas 183.
04:27
I'm going to put down the missing person.
04:28
That's all.
04:29
Yes, Pinson.
04:31
TAN.
04:32
I'm putting it around.
04:34
Yes, thank you.
04:35
Can't work. 141A, you're clear.
04:37
All right, he's located and then he free MS.
04:40
141.2.
04:46
Sorry, every other word of your radio traffic was cutting out.
04:48
I did copy.
04:49
No need for EMS.
04:52
How do you should speech in us?
04:55
What, Mill's been located, you can 22 units, and he's been located.
05:00
86B.
05:02
Will you show us out of the Greens?
05:05
Take on the Dallas, 8340, CNSRU, you can disregard for the patient be animated.
Police codes explained
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment; message received and understood; affirmative or OK.
[2]
10-8: In service and available for assignments or calls.
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Location mentioned:
E Franklin Blvd, Gastonia, NC 28056
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