Silent alarm on CTA bus near Irving Park Rd, Chicago IL
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Suspicious ActivityAccording to the dispatch call, police responded to a possible emergency after a silent alarm was activated on a CTA bus near Irving Park Rd and N Melvina Ave. Officers searched the area and followed a bus westbound to determine if it was connected to the alarm. The situation appears to have been handled without confirmed danger or injuries.
Audio|Heard on: Chicago Police Department Zone 01
Listen to dispatch call
01:30
Transcript:
00:00
I can't help but notice you are at the location of a bus alarm, Irving Park Rd and N Melvina Ave.
00:04
CTA says silent alarm from CTA bus (number withheld).
00:08
I'll get you back up.
00:12
Is it eastbound or westbound? Did he just say?
00:16
Westbound.
00:20
Okay.
00:24
1631, I'm on the way.
00:27
31, that's great, thank you.
00:34
1633?
00:36
1633.
00:38
No one at 6200 Austin, and I just passed Narragansett.
00:46
I'm gonna keep going west.
00:48
Might be a callback.
00:51
All right, the callback is just a switchboard for CTA, but we can try.
00:58
Okay, yep, I see a bus in front of me about two blocks.
01:04
It's coming up Oak Park Ave.
01:06
I'll let you know.
01:09
Ten forty-eight outside number?
01:12
Yep, that's it. Ten forty-eight.
01:23
Uh, the one I see is ten fifty-five.
01:25
Other than that, keep going west.
01:29
Okay.
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Location mentioned:
N Melvina Ave & W Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL 60634
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