Welfare check for patient who left hospital with IV

Heard on: Polk County, Dallas County, and Warren County Public Safety and ISP

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

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AMA, but he still had an IV in his arm.

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Apparently, he lives over in Norwalk.

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He left approximately half an hour ago in a gray van.

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So I'm assuming that if he was going home, he would probably go that direction.

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So if you could,

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I guess, take his name and address and then, he lives in Norwalk, so you'll have to reach out to their PD or Warren County and see if we can do a welfare check on him, I guess.

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Sounds good.

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What's the name and address?

00:33

First name is (name withheld), which is spelled

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(name withheld).

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Last name is (name withheld), common spelling.

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And his date of birth is (number withheld).

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And the address that we have on file for him, at least on his ID, is (number withheld) Briggs Trail.

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That's B-R-I-G.

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S trail in Norwalk.

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Again, he left in a gray van.

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Copy that. I will give him a call.

01:13

Copy. Thanks.

2026-10-08 07:33 UTC

Missing Person

Briggs Trail, Norwalk, IA 50211

Welfare check for patient who left hospital with IV

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As discussed during the dispatch call, hospital staff reported that a male patient left against medical advice with an IV still in his arm about half an hour earlier and may have traveled toward Norwalk in a gray van. Police were asked to conduct a welfare check at his home near Briggs Trail in Norwalk.

Welfare check for patient who left hospital with IV

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