Lost child found at Empire Beach parking area

Heard on: Traverse City and Grand Traverse County District 7 MSP Digital Fire / Police

01:29

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

00:00

(number withheld) boy.

00:02

My caller says they cannot locate the parents of this child.

00:06

Again, this is at the Empire Beach.

00:09

First call is at 1437.

00:16

Do you got your point that way?

00:21

Copy Ranger Five, 14 thirty-seven.

00:29

On Ranger Five.

00:32

Go ahead.

00:35

Is there a deputy heading that way?

00:39

Yes, it'll be a bit though.

00:42

There's nobody near there.

00:47

Copy. Ranger 4 is going to come up from Benzie, and he's closer than me.

00:57

Copy that.

01:02

Two nine, just go.

01:06

Clear out down the beach.

01:08

Any reports on what the RP will be wearing or where we should meet the people at the time?

01:14

No, they're right around the, all the way around the parking lot and near the, would be the north end on the beach.

01:27

All right, tell them to keep an eye out for us later.

9/6/2026 11:36 AM

Missing Person

Empire Beach, Empire, MI 49630

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, dispatchers received a report of a lost young child at Empire Beach. A caller said they could not locate the child’s parents, and units were directed to search the parking lot and the north end of the beach area.