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Bus stopped after suspicious activity reported near Roosevelt and HalstedChicago IL

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audio iconSuspicious Activity
Roosevelt Rd & S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607

According to the dispatch call, officers are working with the Chicago Transit Authority to stop a northbound bus near Roosevelt Road and Halsted Street after a caller reported suspicious activity involving a person on the bus. The bus was located and efforts are ongoing to investigate the situation around a meeting at a hospital nearby.

Audio|Heard on: Chicago Police Department Zone 03
Listen to dispatch call
02:30
Transcript:
00:00
That bus is still heading northbound on Halsted, so could you reach out through the caller and see if they can stop the bus before us?
00:10
All right, message received, my partner's on with another call on the zone, but we're going to definitely contact CTA and get this bus.
00:17
And that's the, just to confirm,
00:20
(number withheld).
00:22
That's right.
00:24
All right, message received, goodbye.
00:26
Yeah, we met the caller there on the corner, and they said that the bus had taken off, so we need CTA to tell the bus.
00:33
All right, message received.
00:34
We're going to get CTA and get this bus stopped.
00:42
35.
00:44
(number withheld).
00:46
I think we found it at Roosevelt and Halsted.
00:50
A35, negative copy.
00:54
I think we found a bunch at Halsted and Roosevelt.
00:58
Halsted and Roosevelt? Okay.
01:00
My partner is on the phone with CTA right now.
01:06
1424. 1424.
01:09
1424.
01:11
If what, can we get the full 10-digit event number?
01:17
For this inquiry on domestic batteries, it's going to be (number withheld).
01:26
So again, that's (number withheld).
01:31
Thank you so much.
01:37
And then (number withheld) for info.
01:42
(number withheld).
01:44
Hey so my partner is on the phone with CTA right now and is this bus number (number withheld) because in the TIG they had (number withheld).
01:54
Yeah, message received.
01:55
We're talking with the CTA worker.
01:57
All right, message received.
02:02
1411, clear from the transport.
02:06
Message received, got you clear.
02:10
(number withheld).
02:13
(number withheld).
02:17
A bus driver says the kid was talking with the father on the phone and met the father up at 16th in the hospital.
02:23
So we're just going to go check that area.
02:25
If we don't see anything, we're going to give you a coach.
02:28
All right, message received, we got you 216 to Halsted.

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Location mentioned:
Roosevelt Rd & S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
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Incident Timeline

  1. Child Reunited with Father
  2. Verification of Bus Number and Continued Coordination
  3. Bus Located at Roosevelt and Halsted
  4. Bus Location and Coordination with CTA
  5. Units Dispatched to Locate the Bus
  6. Initial Report of Child Left Alone

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