Hospice patient threatens and assaults family member at home, Mesa AZ


A hospice patient at a private home broke his hip by falling off the bed and is now physically assaulting and threatening a family member. The patient also demands to be fed rat poison.
Audio|Source: Mesa Police Department Central Patrol District
02:36
Transcript:
00:00
Acre 21, copy of 900[1]. 1010 West Main, 1010 West Main, number 102 at the Hidden Village. RP fathers on hospice, they said that he threw himself off the bed intentionally and he's got a broken hip.
00:26
Three Baker Tunnel is a fire now. Yeah, I'll make sure that they are. I was trying to see if this was actually a fire call and not a PD call. They're saying that he's trying to harm himself. Sounds like maybe they're in a verbal. The father's telling the RP to eat rat poison.
00:54
Point line up. Correction, the father is... Do you need a 906[2] for that? Yeah, I can send it. The, and correction, the father is telling the RP to feed him rat poison. Okay. I'm a maker 22. Go ahead. And that last call, I missed the first part, is that...
01:22
at a hospice facility? Negative. It's going to be the house. He's just being cared for by hospice. Okay.
01:51
They said they'll figure out if they want to stage or not. I guess right now he's kicking the RP and threatening to break the RP's knee. We're just telling the RP to stand on the other side of the room for now.
02:18
Speaker 26, can you add me to the 900[1]? We're going 97. Copy.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
900: Unknown Trouble
[2]
906: Request for backup/assistance
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Location mentioned:
Near W Main St, Mesa, AZ 85201
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