Elderly woman found confused during welfare check, Ridgefield NJ
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As discussed during the dispatch call, police and emergency responders conducted a welfare check near Broad Avenue in Ridgefield after reports of an elderly woman acting confused and claiming she was dying. She was found at home and appeared disoriented.
Audio|Heard on: Bergen NJ Law Dispatch Group Calls
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Transcript:
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Response near Broad Avenue, apartment one.
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You're one of my call takers on the phone with an 84-year-old female that lives there.
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She's not making much sense.
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She said that somebody told her she is dying.
00:14
I'm also seeing here that she is in the living room in her underwear.
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Can you go over there and check what's going on?
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I'm searching the history.
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Okay, our records say this is a 93-year-old female here.
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(name withheld) is her name.
00:30
All right, patrol cars.
00:31
This might be a welfare checkup.
00:33
Apparently last year at the same time she called and said she thinks she's dying.
00:38
I think she was trying to call her son who lives in Florida.
00:41
That's all the information I have.
00:45
Copy, show me up.
00:47
Received, it's apartment one again, apartment one.
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Location mentioned:
Broad Ave APT 1, Ridgefield, NJ 07657
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