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False alarm triggered near St. John's Lane and Old Frederick RoadEllicott City MD

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Near Montgomery Rd, Ellicott City, MD 21043

A false alarm was triggered near St. John's Lane and Old Frederick Road. The call was determined to be a pocket dial from a cell phone at Ellicott Mills Middle School. No emergency was found on site.

Audio|Source: Howard County Police, Fire and EMS
02:5
Transcript:
00:00
The 6.3.60 tinted hill off Sandchain Road.
00:03
Presential alarm.
00:07
Looks for the new general activation in 1228.
00:15
Peter 5-1. I'm looking at the Rapid SOS location from the numbers they called.
00:19
I think they meant to say St.
00:21
St. John's Lane and Old Frederick Road.
00:23
Not Frederick.
00:26
Okay, simple.
00:32
John L. All right.
00:35
Okay, second.
00:37
And in on 112.22.28.
00:40
911.1.1.1.1.
00:45
Yeah, now we just got another call.
00:47
Confirming this one came in at St.
00:49
John's and Old Frederick.
00:50
It will be in the Baker 1.
00:53
Go ahead, Tom 1.
00:54
Town 4. I'll continue.
00:57
Baker 11. I'm direct.
00:58
I'll be in round.
01:04
I don't know what's on the other side, off Meadow Ridge,
01:08
on the other side, between Meadow Ridge and 100.
01:11
It's behind the fence on 100,
01:14
so I need to get to it from the other side,
01:17
but I can't tell what this is from the map.
01:21
121.1. Direct.
01:23
I think the Cemetery.
01:24
We're going to hit an update.
01:25
Cemetery. We're going to have that way soon.
01:32
Engine 101.
01:33
C.M.E.A.1. County, please.
01:37
Stand by. This is that one bigerson.
01:42
With that.
01:48
0.01 looks like an author just pulled on a scene.
01:51
Reference at 911 from Ellicott Mills Middle School.
01:53
It was a cell phone.
01:55
A snow-got history on the phone, just not like it was a pocket dial.
01:59
On our call to the front desk, they advise everything, it was 10-4[1], 24.
02:02
10-4[1]. 10-1[2], obvious, thank you.
02:05
Cancel. Cancel.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment received; message understood; affirmative or OK.
[2]
10-1: Poor reception / Unable to copy

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Location mentioned:
Near Montgomery Rd, Ellicott City, MD 21043
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