Welfare check for elderly woman unable to open door, Jersey City NJ


Police responded to a welfare check for a 79-year-old woman with Alzheimer's near Terhune Ave. She was unable to open her apartment door due to leg pain and was communicating through a window. Officers attempted to contact neighbors and the woman's boyfriend for a key but were unsuccessful. They considered entry with assistance from ESU to ensure her well-being.
Audio|Source: Jersey City Police
02:26
Transcript:
00:00
So I got that,
00:02
Is there any neighbors that we can try to get a key from or downstairs neighbor or something like that?
00:08
Yeah, we tried everything.
00:10
We knocked on the door, we're trying to call the boyfriend and he's not nearby.
00:19
And she has Alzheimer's and she can't come down the stairs.
00:23
Yeah, that's correct. She's stating that she has pain for her legs and she can't come downstairs.
00:29
All right.
00:31
So, I'm sure for the captain and see if we can use the issue to try to get in the door and help this email.
00:42
Captain, Timela.
00:49
Each one, you can put us off.
00:51
Can you give that caller a call back?
00:55
The L. Street, they'll come out.
01:01
It was Captain O-1.
01:04
Southwest left Captain O-line. I got a unit off that one-state Foxxer whom they were all stage trying to go welfare check[1] on a female that's 79 years old were all-timers.
01:13
They're unable to make interest into the building because they are speaking with the female now from the window. She's unable to open the doors due to pain.
01:21
City of the sisters were getting in the building.
01:30
All right, just community caretaking function. Can they hear the woman behind the door?
01:37
No, she's speaking to us through the window.
01:42
All right, we see, let's reach out to ESU.
01:45
Then possibly you might have another way to enter the apartment. If not, they can enter the community caretaking function.
01:52
DSU, channel one.
01:57
ESU, Channel 1.
02:04
Emergency 3, reaching up.
02:10
Mercy 3, I got near Terhune Ave.
02:14
We had a female at that location with Alzheimer's as they were doing a welfare chat.
02:19
They're speaking with a female through the window, she's unable to open the door.
02:26
I appreciate.
Police codes explained
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[1]
welfare check: Request for officers to check an individual's well-being at a specified location
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Location mentioned:
Near Terhune Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07305
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