On December 16th, 2024, the Dallas Fort
Worth Airport Police Department was
called to the scene at the airport for a
call for service regarding a woman in
need of assistance. The following shows
the body worn camera footage of what
happened during the incident.
>> Okay, the medics are on the way.
>> Okay.
>> Can you walk with me?
>> Yes.
>> No. Can you walk with me? No. No.
>> Let's walk out of the bathroom. your
dropping for right now
on me.
>> I'm going to uh fix your heart problems.
>> No issues. You're okay. Come on.
>> Wait. Wait.
>> You come from Decant.
>> She comes from Decross.
>> Yeah. You left your bag there.
>> You have a colorful bag, right?
>> Yes. Getting trying to get to
Albuquerque.
>> What? Let's Let's go outside.
>> Let's go out here and stay out
somewhere. Okay. What do you mean?
>> Your backpack.
>> We have your backpack already.
>> We have You left it on the table.
>> I'll make sure you don't fall.
>> You're okay.
>> You're okay. I know. They're here to
help you. Okay.
>> Let's go to Let's grab a seat over here.
>> We're going to go sit down. Okay.
>> Okay.
We're going to sit down real fast. Okay.
All right. Here.
>> Okay. What was your name again? I'm
sorry. I'm
>> Whitney.
>> Whitney. I'm Officer Smith. Okay. So,
what what what do you remember
happening?
>> I don't remember much.
>> You don't remember much? Okay. You just
know that you were at Decan. You have a
little bit to drink.
>> Yeah.
>> What did you What did you have to drink?
Do you remember?
>> Um some wine.
>> Just a one wine, one glass. How many?
What are we talking here?
>> Like two. He's here to help you. It's
okay.
>> Two.
>> Two wines. Okay.
>> Are you Where you from? Are you from
this area or are you the first one?
>> Where you from?
>> Hey, Whitney. I'm going to leave cuz I
have to go with my family. You're safe
now. Okay.
>> Okay.
>> Are you from the area, Whitney?
>> Yes. like
>> I just found her unconscious on the
toilet. Passed out. People's dilated,
unresponsive, but once I kind of hit her
and smacked her.
>> Yeah, she had she had two glasses of
wine over here.
>> There's got to be more than that. But
>> I cuz I have her bag.
>> Okay.
>> I looked through it her backpack. I
didn't see like any
>> any kind of medic. Well, no, not even
mattress. any kind of medications that
she may have taken or anything.
>> Okay. Well, I don't know her. I got to
go. This is my I got to go.
>> No, you're fine. No, no. Thank you guys
for calling. Thanks for helping.
>> She said she's trying to get to
Albuquerque. Her name is Whitney and
she's 32. So,
>> can I leave her?
>> Yeah, you guys. Yeah, you Yeah, you're
good. She's going to be staying with us.
>> You got that ID.
>> Hello.
>> Hi. So, I got your I got your backpack
from the bar earlier. Okay.
>> Okay.
>> Just grab that ID for me.
>> Just don't worry. coming on.
>> No.
>> Okay.
>> Baker 2, can you cancel the EMS
transport up a level at 25?
>> We'll get you your backpack here in a
second.
>> Copy.
>> Baker 2, can you also open up reopen up
that item that I was just on? It's going
to be her back.
>> You can't find it. Now you can't find
it.
>> Okay. Whitney, you you traveling alone?
Is Albuquerque home?
>> Okay. What brought you to Texas?
>> Are you on a layover?
>> Yes.
>> Okay. What time are you supposed to fly
out?
>> Why?
>> Okay. Cuz you're you're pretty
intoxicated right now, right? You'd
agree with that? Okay.
>> Yes.
>> And you're in public. You're by
yourself. You're passed out in the
bathroom, okay? And like we got called
on you to check you out, okay? People
worry about you. So I don't think that
you can safely operate on your on your
own accord right now. Okay.
That that makes sense.
>> Can you take any medication at all?
>> No.
>> Okay. So what's what's going to happen
is just stand up for me. Stand up.
>> Stand up. Can you stand up?
>> Okay.
>> Yeah. We're going to take your We're
going to take your jacket off of you.
All right, go ahead and take your jacket
off.
>> Thank you.
>> All right, so you're just going to be
under arrest of public intoxication.
Okay,
>> you're just going to sober up. Okay,
that's it.
>> All right. Thank you for like getting a
speeding ticket. The only thing is
you're coming with us to sober up. All
right. I'm going to get all your stuff.
I got your I got your bag in the office,
so I'm gonna take that out, too.
>> Okay. Thank you.
>> Yeah, you just got to go sober up. Okay.
>> All right. All right. Let's go.
I got a lift
book bag in the area.
Richard
enough, they'll release you and you can
have your book.
Right now, you just got to sleep it off
a little bit. A minimum of 4 hours.
Okay.
MC 49 and 44. Uh that employ went back
upstairs to the customs area going
higher toward the processing area.
>> Let's set down right here. Okay.
>> There you go.
>> All right. We're going to go to the
front of this car real quick.
>> Okay.
>> You don't have anything on you, right?
No. Okay.
Negative speed did not go back.
>> You're going to face this car right here
and just separate your feet. Okay.
Separate your feet. Okay. This officer
is going to patch you down. Okay.
>> All right. We're going to go to the back
seat. Okay.
cell phone.
Download it.
You need help or you got it? Are you all
right?
>> No, I'm good.
>> Come on. You got to step out. Okay.
>> Put your this leg over here. There you
go. Then the next one.
All right. Now, I'm going to help you.
Okay.
You got it, huh? Okay. There we go. Now
step out. There you go. There you go.
All right.
All right. Come on. Let's walk.
Okay. Stop right here. We're going to
face the door. All right. Go ahead.
Spread your feet for me. Face the door.
There you go. Spread your feet a little
bit more.
You come out. Let me do it. You're
coming out now.
>> Okay. And do it again with the back of
my hand. Okay.
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