No emergency found at elderly woman's apartment in Buffalo, Buffalo NY


Police responded to a welfare check for an elderly woman in an apartment near Delaware Ave after a neighbor reported water running nonstop for hours. The neighbor feared she might have fallen and couldn't get up. Police later confirmed there was no emergency; the woman's son explained the toilet was malfunctioning and causing the water to run continuously.
Audio|Source: Buffalo PD Ch 2 Districts B/D
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Transcript:
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I'm going to be back with summons. You can send me the check welfare on Delaware.
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Fair. That holds coming from mail in Apartment 705.
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Check the welfare of the elderly neighbor in Apartment near Delaware Ave, caller reports that water has been running nonstop for a few hours. They are afraid that she fell and can't get up.
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Thank you, Claire. Can you get fire roads for entry, please?
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Do you have a problem for 20 degrees?
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Go ahead.
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Shut up, update.
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Mail called back and said that everything is okay.
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She talked to her son and the toilet is having issues and water was continually running.
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