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Officers respond to aggressive dementia patient

Heard on: Westcom Fire and EMS Dispatch
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Ambulance 183, psychiatric patient, (number withheld) South 60th Street, number (number withheld).
audio iconFamily Offense
S 60th St, West Des Moines, IA 50266
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As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency personnel responded to a report of a 72‑year‑old man with dementia who had become physically aggressive toward his wife at an apartment complex on South 60th Street in West Des Moines. Medical responders and an accompanying officer were dispatched to assist with the apparent psychiatric emergency.

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