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Traffic control in Chicago at Garfield and State streets, Chicago IL

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Traffic

Reported: 12/16/2025 03:24 PM

W Garfield Blvd & S State St, Chicago, IL 60615

According to the dispatch call, several officers are managing traffic with lane blocks around Garfield, State, and Lafayette streets in Chicago to reduce heavy congestion.

Audio|Heard on: Chicago Police Department Zone 07

Listen to dispatch call

01:27

Transcript:

00:00

Okay, so I thought we had traffic going south.

00:04

I thought we had a car over there.

00:07

215, what's your location?

00:10

215, I'm on 55th and State blocking traffic heading eastbound on 55th.

00:17

There's a car blocking as well,

00:19

traffic coming northbound.

00:23

2.14 right here, we have to wait for the traffic to die down and move back because they started going through the alley and coming back up to Lafayette.

00:35

So we move we're here now.

00:40

All right, 10-4[1]-214.2.14, I have your eastbound at Garfield and Prairie.

00:45

215, I have you southbound at 55th and State.

00:49

223, I have northbound at 5-6 in state.

00:52

231, I have eastbound at 5-5-state.

00:55

Is that wrong?

00:57

214, we're on Lafayette now.

01:00

All, I'll update it.

01:05

Okay, so I'm still seeing a bunch of traffic on state coming south.

01:10

We need to get that blocks off.

01:15

231.

01:21

2131. 215 is going to do me a solid.

01:24

They're going to relocate.

01:26

Also, who's the paper?

Police codes explained

The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:

[1]

10-4: Acknowledgment; message received or affirmative (OK).

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Location mentioned:

W Garfield Blvd & S State St, Chicago, IL 60615

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