Woman requests psychiatric hold at Oakland address, Oakland CA


A woman at an Oakland address is experiencing a mental health crisis and has asked to be placed on a psychiatric hold.
Audio|Source: Oakland Police Department
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Transcript:
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And so if we're functioning out for the priority of 5150[1]s, maybe near Broadway,
00:07
looks like a couple call from this.
00:09
Looks like one of the patients was making desperate.
00:16
So she wanted to be taken on 5150[1] hold. Her name is (name withheld). She's a female black. I don't have a clothing decision.
00:26
Oh, excuse me. Actually, she was going to have a yellow shirt on black shirt and black flagging.
00:31
No mention of buttons. Cover you.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
5150: Involuntary psychiatric hold for person posing danger to self/others or gravely disabled.
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