False alarm at Margaret Chase Smith School, Sanford ME
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Officers responded to a commercial panic alarm at Margaret Chase Smith School. Contact with the principal confirmed there was no emergency, and the alarm may have been triggered accidentally by a button under a desk.
Audio|Heard on: Sanford Police
Listen to dispatch call
01:4
Transcript:
00:00
Attest you both to a commercial panic alarm can be the Margaret Chase Smith School
00:22
31, you call it?
00:27
Negative 34.
00:34
3134. Dispatch is calling them.
00:39
Go for 34.
00:49
Stand for 3431.
00:56
Make contact with the principal.
00:58
No emergency.
00:59
It's possible that a button under a desk lift hit, but they are reporting no emergency.
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Location mentioned:
Twombley Rd, Sanford, ME 04073
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