Four-year-old boy left alone at Ludington Park playground


A caller reported a four-year-old boy left alone at a playground for about an hour with no parents nearby. The child expressed dislike for his father. Officers are responding to check on the child's safety.
Audio|Source: Delta County Law, Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
00:0066-65, from 21 Central.00:05665.00:07Can I respond to Lonington Park? It's going to be at the playground.00:13My caller said that he was there for an hour.00:17He was watching a approximately 4-year-old male child with a blue striped shirt on by himself.00:26The parents were not.00:28near him and then the child told my caller that he hates his dad.00:33My collar is great about the child's welfare.00:36He'll be looking for a four-year-old boy where he made blue striped shirt, the parents are somewhere around there, but not watching the child.00:45Copy.00:46That was Ludington Perkinson.00:48Correct.01:04concerned of welfare on a child that was playing at the playground.01:08Caller advised that he watched the child for one hour and the parents never checked in with him.01:14And the child told the caller that he hates his dad.01:20Child's wearing a...01:22Okay.01:23A little playground by the beach house or was just more in the park?01:27It's going to be the wooden playground.01:29Child's wearing a blue striped shirt approximately four years old.
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66-65, from 21 Central.
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665.
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Can I respond to Lonington Park? It's going to be at the playground.
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My caller said that he was there for an hour.
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He was watching a approximately 4-year-old male child with a blue striped shirt on by himself.
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The parents were not.
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near him and then the child told my caller that he hates his dad.
00:33
My collar is great about the child's welfare.
00:36
He'll be looking for a four-year-old boy where he made blue striped shirt, the parents are somewhere around there, but not watching the child.
00:45
Copy.
00:46
That was Ludington Perkinson.
00:48
Correct.
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concerned of welfare on a child that was playing at the playground.
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Caller advised that he watched the child for one hour and the parents never checked in with him.
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And the child told the caller that he hates his dad.
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Child's wearing a...
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Okay.
01:23
A little playground by the beach house or was just more in the park?
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It's going to be the wooden playground.
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Child's wearing a blue striped shirt approximately four years old.
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Location mentioned:
Ludington Park, Lake Shore Dr, Escanaba, MI 49829
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