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Police respond to call with language barrier near Carpenter Ave, Des Moines IA

Medical Emergency

Reported: 10/14/2025 01:40 PM

Near Carpenter Ave, Des Moines, IA 50314

Police responded to a call near Carpenter Ave about an unknown problem involving a language barrier. The caller requested police assistance but provided little information and did not answer callback. Several similar calls have been made from this location before.

Audio|Source: Des Moines Police Dispatch 1

01:26

Transcript:

00:00

Any west side cars, I can break for an unknown problem with the language barrier near Carpenter Ave.

00:10

6'7, I'm down the street, I can go.

00:17

Copy 306 Atom, any other Westside car that can break an assist 6-atam on an unknown problem, near Carpenter Ave.

00:27

501, David?

00:30

5-01, David.

00:32

You got a priority west, just one car to go.

00:34

It's an unknown problem with the language barrier.

00:36

Can you borrow?

00:39

Yep, no problem.

00:43

Four Adam.

00:45

Joe, for Adam.

00:47

My fellow, Jingle, see if he still wants to meet.

00:49

There's another cop already here, and somebody seems to be flagging us now.

00:55

Copy. We'll retire here, stay by.

01:02

We am.

01:07

I'm going to bar you west, standby.

01:10

320 Adam and 306 Adam, unknown.

01:12

Problem with the language barrier, near Carpenter Ave.

01:17

Got a GVie caller on the phone.

01:20

He says that he needed police and not much further, no answer on callback.

01:24

Looks like we've gotten a few trips similar to this in the past.

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Near Carpenter Ave, Des Moines, IA 50314

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