False alarm from iPhone crash alert in front yard

Heard on: Dearborn County IN Law Dispatch

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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We have an iPhone crash detection and type unknown.

00:03

It's going to be in the front yard of (number withheld) Sunnyside Avenue.

00:07

Clear.

00:09

Attention Dearborn County units, station special attention units.

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50 eastbound from the Wawa.

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Attempt to locate a white Ford pickup pulling a trailer.

00:19

Caller behind the vehicle advises a lot of copper on the trailer.

00:22

Caller believes it to be stolen simply due to the amount of copper on the trailer.

00:27

For Dearborn County Communications 176.

00:30

County 307, I saw them through at 10:23.

00:34

307, 303.

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43, there's no accident.

00:39

You're clear, we'll go ahead and disregard.

00:41

Fire and EMS.

00:43

Clear. Do you have a better location of where the phone's hanging?

00:47

It's hanging near the road by the sign that's showing in their yard.

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The sign that's closer to the driveway.

00:56

Clear.

00:57

Okay, 307, I got something.

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Do you advise you have the phone?

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Affirmative.

2026-10-21 21:12 UTC

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Sunnyside Ave, Aurora, IN 47001

False alarm from iPhone crash alert in front yard

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As discussed during the dispatch call, dispatchers received an iPhone crash detection alert for a phone hanging near the road by a sign in a front yard near Sunnyside Avenue. Responders checked the area and determined there was no accident and the call was disregarded. In a separate report, a caller reported a white Ford pickup pulling a trailer with a large amount of copper and suspected it might be stolen.

False alarm from iPhone crash alert in front yard

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