Police assist violent psychiatric patient at YMCA, Pittsburgh PA


Police and medical staff respond to a violent patient at the YMCA near Centre Avenue. The patient is believed to be experiencing a psychiatric crisis. Police assistance is requested to help with involuntary mental health commitment.
Audio|Source: Pittsburgh Police, Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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Sergeant near Centre Ave, the YMCA to help 45 with the lip assist.
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Okay. All right. Okay. Dispatch from Medicines?
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Medicine, go ahead.
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This call is going to turn out to be for a violent patient that staff believes is psych related.
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They're going to 302[1] to the patient, so are you able to send police to help with this call? The mail is mobile and he'll be able to ride in their car.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
302: Emergency involuntary mental health commitment (Section 302); '302 warrant' indicates an order to take a person into custody for evaluation
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Location mentioned:
Near Centre Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
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