Father refuses to give children and locks woman out, Cleveland OH


A woman called police from near West 117th St reporting a dispute with the father of her two youngest children. The father is refusing to give her the children, physically touching her to prevent her from leaving, and has locked her out of the house. Dispatch does not classify this as domestic violence but as a family dispute.
Audio|Source: Cleveland Police - West
01:35
Transcript:
00:00
All right, near West 117 downstairs.
00:06
We have (name withheld) calling.
00:09
Father refused to,
00:14
I'm assuming give the kids to her.
00:22
He is the father of her two youngest kids.
00:27
So, code one cat is 9519.
00:32
So it's not domestic, it's just a dispute, because the dispute.
00:42
And it says he's touching her, trying to keep her from leaving.
00:54
Okay.
00:58
909.
01:03
911[1] repeat,
01:09
I can't understand you guys.
01:12
Female contains, I'm gonna be on Channel 9.
01:15
All right,
01:18
9. 911[1].
01:22
And just for this male is still in the house.
01:29
This male is still in the house right now.
01:33
He locked our female out.
Police codes explained
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[1]
911: 911 call received, including hang-ups, abandoned, or accidental activations.
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