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Home My WebLink AboutIncident Date Details - 1/02/2000PIRDETL Winnebago County LIVE RMS Page: 1 Oshkosh Police Department 01/02/2000 INCIDENT DETAILS ****** INCIDENT DATA ****** Rpt #: 99-34696 Reported Date: 12/31/1999 Time: 08:39 Type: Welfare Check Location: 1251 KENTUCKY ST #A, CITY OF OSHKOSH, WI 54901 Patrol Area: 0151 Reporting District: =S3 Map: Coordinates> X: 0000000 Y: 000000 Neighborhood Watch Area: Occurrence Dates: From: 12/31/1999.. To: 12/31/1999 Times: From: 08:39 To: 08:39 Clearance> Date: Method: ****** CLASSIFICATION ****** -------Offense-------- Att? UCR- -Premise-- Force? --Tool/Wpn--- Drugs? Alcohol? Welfare Check 26 RESIDENCE ****** INVOLVED OFFICERS ****** -Role- ---Date---- DeptID ------------------Name------------------ PRIOFF 12/31/1999 S52 DREXLER, MICHAEL BCKOFF 12/31/1999 5101 BERGER, DOUGLAS A ****** INVOLVED PERSONS/INSTITUTIONS ****** Role: PARENT Name: COCKRUM, JENNIFER D Caution: Race: W Sex: F DOB: 11/30/1972 Age: 27/ 27 Hgt: / Wgt: / Hair: Eyes: Skin: Address: Type: HOME 1251 KENTUCKY ST #A, OSHKOSH, WI Phone: Type: HOME Number: (920) 303-0433 Role: REPORT Name: KNIGHT, BRANDY M Caution: Race: W Sex: F DOB: 02/05/1990 Age: 9/ 9 **JUVENILE** Hgt: / Wgt: / Hair: Eyes: Skin: Address: Type: HOME 1251 KENTUCKY ST #A, OSHKOSH, WI Phone: Type: HOME Number: (920) 303-0433 ****** NARRATIVE INDEX ****** ---ID--- ------------------------Content-Description------------------------- NARROl INITIAL REPORT BY OFFICER DREXLER, 12-31-99, 99-34696 INITIAL REPORT BY OFFICER DREXLER, 12-31-99, 99-34696 REPORTING PERSON: BRANDY M. KNIGHT WELFARE CHECK '~ Officer Drexler received a call from dispatch center to check on the welfare of a 9 year old child who was at 1251-A Kentucky Av. Dispatch indicated they received a 911 hangup call from that location and the child said they mistakenly called 911 and that when the dispatcher asked to speak with Mommy or Daddy the child stated that she was home alone. I then went to check on the child's welfare along with Officer Berger. We arrived there and did make contact in the upper apartment with a Brandy M. Knight, who is 9 years of age. Brandy PIRDETL Winnebago County LIVE RMS Page: 2 Oshkosh Police Department 01/02/2000 INCIDENT DETAILS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ****** INCIDENT DATA ****** Rpt #: 99-34696 Reported Date: 12/31/1999 Time: 08:39 Type: Welfare Check ****** NARRATIVE INDEX ****** ---ID--- ------------------------Content-Description------------------------- stated that her mom was working today from 8:00 to 4:00 at Pizza Hut on Murdock Av. She stated that she was home alone. Officer did check the refrigerator and found there was plenty of food in there for the child. Also asked Brandy what she does all day. She said she just watches TV and that's about it. I asked Brandy if she was left home alone by herself quite a bit; she said yes she was, when her mom's. at work sometimes in the afternoons and sometimes on weekends. I asked if she was ever left home alone while her mom worked all day. She said yes, several times she had been. I asked Brandy if anyone came into the apartment to check on her; she said no, no one did. I asked her if anybody from downstairs checked on her. She said no, no one does. I asked her if anyone does check in on her; she said yes, her mom does call three or four times a day to check to see if she's okay. Upon further inspection of the apartment officers did notice that there were four smoke detectors that were in the apartment or in the hallway directly next to the apartment that did not have any batteries in. This is both a tenant and landlord responsibility to make sure fresh batteries are kept in the smoke detectors. As of this time there are none. Since the child is home alone, officer feels it is very critical to have these installed. Therefore I ask that a copy of this complaint be forwarded to the city inspector's office to make sure that compliance is adhered to with batteries being in the smoke detectors. The properties are owned by Struensee and the officer later did make contact with the mother and inform her that batteries must be placed in there, that I did not know if they were operational with the batteries in or not; she would have to test them herself. If they failed to work after she placed batteries in there, I asked her to contact Struensee to have them immediately taken care of. If she has any problems with Struensee taking care of them immediately, I asked her to contact the City Inspector's Office herself to indicate enforcement of this very critical and importance ordinance. I then talked with Brandy and asked her what she does if someone knocks on the door. She said she has. to check and always has to see who it is. I informed Brandy that when she is home alone and there is no one else in the apartment complex, actually it's a duplex-she lives upstairs and other people live downstairs, as there was no one home downstairs this date, I informed Brandy that it would be smarter not to answer the door at all, and if the person keeps knocking to contact the police department. If anyone identifies themself as the police, to dial 911 to verify that the police are indeed over at the residence and that she PIRDETL Winnebago County LIVE RMS Page: 3 Oshkosh Police Department 01/02/2000 INCIDENT DETAILS ****** INCIDENT DATA ****** Rpt #: 99-34696 Reported Date: 12/31/1999 Time: 08:39 Type: Welfare Check ****** NARRATIVE INDEX ****** ---ID--- ------------------------Content-Description------------------------- should not answer the door for her safety. Officer then, having been satisfied that Brandy would be okay to take care of herself as she had in the past, did not feel any immediate need to notify Social Services immediately as it did not seem to be emergency situation at this time. I then went to make contact with the mother to notify my concerns and tell her what I was going to do with this situation or this incidentl. I went over to Pizza Hut on Murdock and made contact there and one of the employees stated that yes, Jennifer Cockrum did work there but she was not there at this time and she was out to get a bite to eat or running some errands. Officer then waited several minutes. and eventually did notice a vehicle pull into the lot. It was indeed Jennifer; Jennifer had just come from her house to speak with her daughter as evidently her daughter had called her to tell her the police were over. '; I then went and spoke with Jennifer and asked her about leaving her daughter home alone. She said yes, there were occasions she had to leave her home alone and that normally she would be in school but since there was no school today and she had to work, she did leave her home alone. She said that she has done it in the past and she does leave her there with ample food and that she knows how to handle herself and that she is mature enough to take care of any situation that would arise, and also Jennifer explained to me that she has contacted Social Services in the past and they indicated to her that as long as Brandy knows what to do if there's a knock at the door or how to handle any situation that came up that there was no problem with leaving her home alone. I asked Jennifer what was the procedure that Brandy was to follow if someone did indeed knock at the door. She informed me that she was to ask who it was and that if she didn't know them she was not to let them in. I informed Jennifer that she should change that and should not have Brandy open the door for anyone, as Brandy should not respond to the door if someone knocks at it if she's home alone and that if the person keeps on knocking she should call 911. I informed Jennifer to explain to Brandy again that if the police do come over for whatever reason, Brandy does not need to answer the door right away; she can call dispatch and 911 and ask if the police are indeed over there. Once receiving verification from 911 that the police are indeed over she can then open the door, because there is no way for Brandy to check and see who it is until the door is opened, and if it was someone who was there to hurt Brandy, by the time she opened the door it would be too late. It would be much safer for Brandy to be in the house, to not answer the door, and not let anyone know that she was inside. PIRDETL Winnebago County LIVE RMS Page: 4 Oshkosh Police Department 01/02/2000 INCIDENT DETAILS ****** INCIDENT DATA ****** Rpt #: 99-34696 Reported Date: 12/31/1999 Time: 08:39 Type: Welfare Check ****** NARRATIVE INDEX ****** ---ID--- ------------------------Content-Description------------------------- I explained all this to Jennifer. I explained to Jennifer I would be forwarding my concerns to Social Services. Someone may or may. not call on her to check to make sure that Brandy is indeed mature enough to be home alone and that this is okay. Jennifer also stated to me that some people from downstairs come in and check on her and also her boyfriend checks. However, in speaking with Brandy, Brandy stated that this was not accurate. Brandy stated that her boyfriend did not come over this date and that no one from downstairs came to check on her. cb