Medical alarm triggers forced entry to empty home, Berkshire County MA
Medical EmergencyOfficers responded to a medical alarm at an elderly man's home near Blandford Road. No one answered the door, so they forced entry but found the residence empty. The alarm company was contacted to provide more information.
Audio|Source: Massachusetts State Police Dispatch - Troop B
03:5
Transcript:
00:00
So we're just confirming this a medical call.
00:03
We've been here before for burglar alarms recently.
00:13
Bree C, I'll check with station B.
00:16
Is there anyone at that address?
00:23
Nobody's answering the door.
00:26
We're checking the windows.
00:28
No signs of anybody as of yet.
00:30
There is one car in the garage.
00:35
Freezing.
00:40
Station B to cruise around scene.
00:44
This is a residence for an elderly male.
00:48
Started out as a medical alarm, then turned into a panic alarm.
00:56
Free C station, baby.
00:58
We're going to confirm the address 959?
01:01
Blandford Road.
01:07
Affirmative, it's 959, Blandford Road.
01:10
The party of (name withheld),
01:14
born in 1932.
01:18
(name withheld).
01:25
275 receives, we're gonna have to make forced entry.
01:32
We made entry.
01:33
We made entry. I'll be listening.
01:42
Go 275 again.
01:45
We made entry in the home.
01:48
Gracie.
01:56
275, V5. No sign of anybody in the house.
02:02
Free seat.
02:08
Station B to V5, we're getting another signal from the alarm company at the laundry room door in that residence.
02:20
Station B, that was us, scanning on transit.
02:27
Receive, sir.
02:33
Station B to be fine.
02:34
Would you like Hilltown ambulance and fire to stand down?
02:44
Say it should be unless you got any other info we got no one in our home.
02:50
Does the alarm company have a phone number or sell some, you can contact a family member or something?
02:57
They did not state that they did.
02:59
I can call them back and ask.
03:04
Yes, ma'am.
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N Blandford Rd, Massachusetts
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