A witness who noticed a man collapsing did not walk past it, and a call to the emergency number brought police to the scene in Szczecin. Officers from the Patrol and Intervention Team of the Prevention Department at the Municipal Police Headquarters in Szczecin were sent immediately after the report landed on the alarm line. Policemen arrived right away to check the situation following the alert. The case is described as hinging on the seconds between the witness seeing the collapse and the emergency response being triggered.