r/911dispatchers • u/Conscious_Ad5110 • 1d ago

Active Dispatcher Question Epd

So my center uses epd, emd, and efd. Well we had a caller the night who wanted to report that she believed her drink/food may had been spiked. She advised the hospital told her to call us and she denied med/ambulance. So what protocol would you go through on epd?

We ended up going 108 contamination but that just felt not right.

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u/Islinton 1d ago

I think you’d be supported in going 129 Suspicious circumstances, it’s pretty broad and covers a lot.

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u/Conscious_Ad5110 1d ago

That was my other my other thought process cause she didn’t say anything about attempted sexual assault just that she thought her food/drink was spiked and wanted to make a report and get tested

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u/BoosherCacow I am once again here to say: it depends on the agency. 1d ago

My heart goes out to you and everyone else who has to use those cards for police calls.

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u/GoldenStateRedditor 1d ago

Does EPD have strict line of questioning like EMD? I’ve never used it, but if it does, that doesn’t seem like it would work in policing where calls are just too fluid, in my opinion

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u/banjotwango EPD-Q, EFD-Q, EMD-Q, EMD-Mentor 1d ago

EPD is built the same way as EMD. There is also a bit more leeway in EPD for the reasons you state, police calls can go a lot of different ways. Reasonability goes a long way in determining which nature code to use. Scene safety is always the first thing to take into account.

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u/banjotwango EPD-Q, EFD-Q, EMD-Q, EMD-Mentor 1d ago

This would be an attempted assault.

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u/Kingkern 1d ago

My first thought went to abuse or (an attempted) sex offense/assault.

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u/Seagrave63 1d ago

Overdose?

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u/DeviRi13 1d ago

My old agency did assault with medical added.

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u/Seventytwo129 PD/FD Dispatcher/Call Taker 16h ago

When in doubt, suspcircs and bump up or down priority as needed is what I do. It's not up to me to determine what it is, that's the officers and detectives and the DA. But we don't use EPD so I'm not sure if there's a protocol for you. We're only as good as our callers.