' program designed for vulnerable residents to receive daily check-in calls, did not answer her scheduled call on April 9, prompting concern from her community. According to The Independent - Main, Westlake Police Captain Jerry Vogel described that everyone was a little bit alarmed that she was missing these contacts. Dispatchers and the woman's daughter attempted to follow up but received no response, leading police to visit her home.
After arriving at the residence, officers found that the woman did not answer the door, which prompted them to use a code to gain entry into her garage. Body camera video obtained by WEWS showed the woman's car parked inside the garage during the incident. The police then proceeded into the home to locate the resident.
Everyone's a little bit alarmed that she's missing these contacts.
Inside, officers found the woman in her bedroom playing a 'bubble pop' video game. According to The Independent - Main, an unnamed officer described that they were with her now and she was playing video games in her bedroom. The woman explained that she had missed her welfare calls because she was trying to beat her record in the video game.
The specific 'bubble pop' game she was playing, her previous record she aimed to surpass, and how long she had been gaming when police arrived remain unknown, as does whether she had missed calls before for similar reasons. ' program, which previously led police in January to an elderly woman who had fallen inside her living room and could not get back up. Authorities reported that the alert program facilitated that discovery, and police confirmed the woman who fell was not injured.
We're with her now. She's playing video games in her bedroom.
According to The Independent - Main, Jerry Vogel described that everyone got a good laugh out of the recent video game incident, and he noted it is a great reminder that Westlake residents have that service available and can sign up any time they want. The code used by police to enter the garage and who provided it have not been disclosed.
Everyone got a good laugh out of it.
It's a great reminder that Westlake residents have that service for them and they can sign up any time they want.