Reckless driver with children observed on Arizona highway, Catalina AZ
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TrafficAccording to the dispatch call, police observed a driver behaving recklessly on northbound Oracle Road and Highway 79 with children inside the vehicle. Pursuit was not authorized. The plan is to safely stop the vehicle and separate the driver from the children. The driver is suspected of felony endangerment due to dangerous driving with children present.
Audio|Heard on: Tucson Police Midtown Division
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06:15
Transcript:
00:00
Motor 35. He was slowing down to see what was going on.
00:03
He's getting back up to speed again.
00:09
Anyone?
00:12
You contact T.F.B.
00:13
and ask us how they can respond over here.
00:15
We're going to need their bucket ladder truck here to get this guy off the roof, and he's in handcuffs.
00:26
Order 35, we just went past near North Oracle.
00:34
14-31. 1431.
00:40
I took 595, I'll take an 84.
00:48
Unit to 84-1946 east lead.
00:53
All right so you can do, Ruby.
01:00
Number 35, he's stopped at the red light at Pinto Lings.
01:05
We just got a rings going through that northbound oracle.
01:11
Back 5-1 to Motor 35, I'm with you.
01:14
I'm in a gray Toyota van.
01:19
10-4[1], he's in the number one lane following a red pool truck right now.
01:23
I'm in the number three lane.
01:28
Team 3-5, we're just now going through Eagle Crest Ranch Road, Northbound Oracle.
01:39
For a 3-5 to the tack unit, he's the second car in front of you.
01:44
Yeah, 10-4[1].
01:45
The unmarked expedition in front of the forerunner is one of ours also, just so you know.
01:53
Okay, I'm going to back off a little bit then because he was eyeballing me back there a couple miles pretty close.
01:59
I'll let you guys take it for a lot.
02:05
All right, copy.
02:07
And to the new unit running this, the plan is just to try to land him and separate him from the kids.
02:12
Ten, four.
02:15
Three, how do you copy?
02:21
Your ten, two.
02:24
Ten, four. Three, three, two of the attack units.
02:27
I don't know the three, five, ten and some connectivity issues, but yes, that is the plan.
02:33
We have misdemeanor chargers right now.
02:35
Pursuit is not authorized.
02:36
We're going to try to land the vehicle and safely separate the prospect from each other.
02:43
Copy, we're at mile post 90 northbound.
02:48
We at least have felony endangerment, given his driving behavior with the kids in the car.
02:59
3-2. Yeah, I copy.
03:01
3-0-5 is going to have ICO-C.
03:03
Stop over there.
03:05
I have...
03:07
I'm going to have IC overall.
03:10
She's going to have a team lead on that.
03:13
Stop.
03:19
3U5.
03:24
In fact, 5, just FYI, we do have another attack unit en route with a drone in case this guy goes down to the desert or who knows where.
03:37
35, I copy that.
03:41
And in 3.5, I spoke with a SWAT supervisor.
03:44
We're not going to have any additional tools that we're going to want to use on this.
03:47
At this point, our plan is going to be surveil and land.
03:54
If we have enough PAC officers to come help us when it lands, that's probably going to be our best bet.
04:03
And we took the Florence Junction exit, so we are headed northbound 79.
04:17
And through you five for the units on this call, I was just advised that our radios are probably going to start fading out about biosphere area.
04:31
And then 3-5, is that even with the self-service switchover?
04:41
551, we're northbound 79, 65 miles an hour, he's going the speed limit,
04:46
and just kind of weaving in its lane.
04:56
Prenshaw parking position.
04:58
Can I get up to the number two position? I'll come on number one lane.
05:07
If I've won, just for notes, he's hit the fog line twice.
05:11
We're at mile post 93 north down.
05:16
See one.
05:21
Reference the ladder requested.
05:23
It needs to be a truck with a bucket or will any ladder truck work.
05:28
We're going to need a bucket because he's handcuffed and he won't be able to climb down the ladder himself.
05:33
And he's on the second story.
05:41
There will be an extended, you can.
05:44
Probably not.
05:49
See when I copy.
05:54
They're currently on Highway 79.
06:00
5-1, mile post 94, still just weaving in his lane.
06:10
Ten end the milepost.
06:11
Ninety-four and he hit the center divider one.
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10-4: Acknowledgment or affirmative—message received, understood, or OK.
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AZ-79, Arizona
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