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Off-duty officer follows suspect vehicle in package theft caseChicago IL

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S Central Park Ave & W 65th St, Chicago, IL 60629

According to the dispatch call, an off-duty officer was following a U-Haul truck suspected of stealing packages in Chicago. The vehicle fled from police near 63rd and Cicero, moving southbound and later westbound near 65th and Central Park avenues. The police canceled any pursuit and did not engage in a chase.

Audio|Heard on: Chicago Police Department Zone 06
Listen to dispatch call
03:41
Transcript:
00:00
All right, 60th and Colmar, still southbound for the officer.
00:09
All right, 60th and Kolmar now.
00:17
802, Sam, do you see if we have any units behind this U-Haul or is it just the officer turn as infinity?
00:25
I didn't see any unit.
00:29
All right, it's westbound 63rd and Kolmar Avenue over the tracks now.
00:33
Once again, it's just this off-duty following this U-Haul for package thefts.
00:43
812.
00:48
1-2. Yeah, I got it on 63rd and Cicero.
00:52
It's going to be turning southbound.
00:55
Let's try to curb it there.
00:57
All right, 10-4[1].
00:59
812 Pass A southbound, 6.3 and Cicero.
01:05
11.00. 11.104.
01:13
At 12, he's not stopping.
01:16
812, he's not stopping, 10-4[1].
01:20
Oh, westbound at 65th, like, 30 miles an hour.
01:26
Westbound, 65th Street,
01:28
about 30 miles an hour.
01:29
12, you're following, right?
01:32
Central Park.
01:38
You said at Central Park now?
01:43
Just blew a ruddy-up said.
01:46
It almost crashed.
01:49
8.20, we're not following for packages.
01:52
All right, per 820, we're not following for stolen packages.
01:59
Go ahead, 603 in Leclair.
02:02
For 605 in Leclair, stop in here.
02:06
6.5 and Leclair, 10.4.
02:13
734. 3.4.
02:19
Can you check out this holding 2121 West 71st Street, the local market's holding a female?
02:29
104.
02:31
8,
02:36
12 and 11, you guys got that? You all stopped or no?
02:42
12, no.
02:43
He took off the 20, said,
02:47
don't follow him for packages.
02:50
Yeah, I got you.
02:51
I just wanted to make sure you guys weren't following.
02:53
Okay.
02:58
My job signing an 8.
03:00
I got suspicious auto with occupants, 54th, and Nottingham for a white Chevy pickup truck.
03:05
Info for the police, Archer and Harlem for a stalled-out car, auto accident, near Knox, another one at Archer and 47th Street.
03:12
Battery report at 6727 South California,
03:17
the Old Maria.
03:19
And then I got a step in progress at 6647 Southwestern.
03:31
8.11 and 812.
03:33
We're not making this a pursuit, right?
03:38
Negative.
03:39
All right, just second.
Police codes explained
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment; message received or affirmative (OK).

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Location mentioned:
S Central Park Ave & W 65th St, Chicago, IL 60629

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Incident Timeline

  1. Final Confirmation
  2. Decision Not to Pursue
  3. U-Haul Tracked Through Multiple Locations
  4. Ongoing Updates and Pursuit
  5. Theft in Progress Alert
  6. U-Haul Spotted and Followed
  7. Initial Slowdown Issued

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