Columbia Heights, Anoka County
Biohazard cleanup in Columbia Heights
Columbia Heights is in Anoka County, not Hennepin, so a different medical examiner and dispatch center are involved than in Minneapolis.
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Getting your relative's belongings back
The Midwest Medical Examiner's Office in Ramsey, 763-324-4400, handles deaths in Columbia Heights. Items that went with your relative are normally handed to the funeral home.
If you want to collect them yourself, the office can sometimes arrange it, but the person picking up must bring photo ID and written authorization (family brochure). After a homicide, belongings go to the police instead.
Columbia Heights police
To reach the police, dial 911 or Anoka County's non-emergency number, 763-427-1212 (City of Columbia Heights). Use it to ask whether your home has been released or to get the case number.
Then the cleanup
When the home is released, close off the affected room and call when you are ready. Ask the company to keep anything personal it finds, and to tell you before it throws out anything you might want.
Other nearby cities
EdinaEdina's own police answer a non-emergency number, and the Hennepin County Medical Examiner handles deaths.
HopkinsWho to call when you are not sure the police are finished, and what the records desk can tell you.
Brooklyn CenterPolice matters here start with 911 or the lobby phone, even when it is not an emergency.
FridleyFridley is in Anoka County, so a different medical examiner's office is involved.When you are ready, call
You will speak with an independent cleanup company that works in and around Minneapolis. Describe what happened in your own words and ask what they would do. You decide whether to go ahead.
Talk to a cleanup company
Call (612) 493-4397Answered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
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