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Well-being check for man acting erratically near Oakdale AveChicago IL

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audio iconMedical Emergency
W Oakdale Ave & N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60657

As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency personnel responded to a possible well-being check near Oakdale Avenue and Halsted Street for a man reportedly walking in traffic and behaving erratically. The individual may have been experiencing a mental health crisis. Responders checked the area but did not locate anyone matching the description.

Audio|Heard on: Chicago Police Department Zone 02
Listen to dispatch call
02:7
Transcript:
00:00
This came over as to check the well-being near Austin and Diversey.
00:04
Said it's a male walking northbound in the middle of the street wearing a gray coat.
00:09
Can you take a ride by and see if everything's okay? Let me know if you need it.
00:18
1935 is in 1999.
00:21
Thank you. 1933. 3.3.
00:27
So we go to 19E and knock on an ISR.
00:31
All right, cell phone.
00:32
That's one in my IFR.
00:38
193 again.
00:40
33. 3.3.
00:43
Can you tell me what an ambulance and a CFD truck responded to the first initial Starbucks incident?
00:53
Sure, been a truck 44 and ambulance 53.
00:58
9.9. Thank you.
01:00
3.3.
01:11
I think they're calling back.
01:12
It's about a man again.
01:14
Halsted and Oakdale now.
01:16
Said the man keeps walking in the traffic lanes.
01:18
He appears to have a mental health issue, walking into the street, moving erratically, talking to himself, and punching into the air.
01:27
All right, Oakdale and Clark, I'll head that way.
01:30
Oakdale, Halsted.
01:32
No,
01:34
Night. All right.
01:35
All right.
01:36
All right.
01:42
1932.
01:44
32. 3-2.
01:48
Tell me that you can see Easton paper squad.
01:52
Right, that's what you spell paper.
01:54
2.5. 2.5.
02:02
Yeah,
02:04
I'm here on Halsted.
02:05
There's nobody here walking in the middle of the street.

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Location mentioned:
W Oakdale Ave & N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60657

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