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Woman chases officer after coffee thrown near West 38th PlChicago IL

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W 38th Pl, Chicago, IL 60609

As discussed during the dispatch call, a possible assault occurred when an off-duty police officer near West 38th Place had coffee thrown at her face by a woman in a Hyundai Elantra with Michigan plates. The woman then apparently chased the officer's vehicle while carrying what may have been a bat before fleeing on foot into a nearby building.

Audio|Heard on: Chicago Police Department Zone 13
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03:43
Transcript:
00:00
Hi, units. We're getting an assist of PO at DeSable and Princeton.
00:05
Princeton and DeSable? About near Princeton.
00:09
Off duty PO is calling requesting police regarding a woman inside of a Hyundai Elantra with Michigan plate.
00:17
She threw coffee at the officer's face.
00:22
The officer wants her to be arrested.
00:25
Off duty PO is in a brown Cadillac.
00:27
Acknowledged.
00:34
All right, 10-4[1] at 915.
00:40
15, I got it.
00:43
All right, it's off with DeSable and Princeton, which is about near Princeton.
00:48
Off-duty P.O. is in a brown Cadillac.
00:51
And the woman in the Hyundai Elantra with Michigan plates threw coffee.
00:55
It looks like that Michigan plate's a rental car from a company out of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
01:06
So 20.
01:12
Don't you, Sam?
01:13
Like that Cadillac is being chased by a woman with what looks like maybe a bat in her hand.
01:21
She's chasing the Cadillac or the officer?
01:26
The officer in the Cadillac.
01:29
Okay, 915 and 914 copy.
01:34
14 copy.
01:40
Let's hold the air until police get over there to DeSable and Princeton near Princeton.
01:45
Have anybody on?
01:52
I got one running.
02:01
Okay, woman is running.
02:03
What's she look like?
02:06
Two 73386.
02:11
Near West 38th Place.
02:13
You are saying near West 38th Place?
02:16
Nine hundred and 13, are you pulling up? She's at near West 38th Place.
02:21
She ran inside of here, didn't lock the door.
02:24
All right, she ran into near West 38th Place.
02:31
13, you're on it?
02:36
Are your radios kind of hard to hear? Do you say you would cover the back?
02:46
All right, stop for it.
02:51
999 can give you a better description.
02:53
For everybody.
02:55
14, can you give us a description?
03:01
I was going to give you one.
03:02
I'm watching her on video.
03:03
Oh, okay yes, please go ahead.
03:07
And it's a female black, brown bonnet on her head.
03:11
She's wearing a black puffy jacket and black pants.
03:20
About how old does she look?
03:25
Like 14, she's around 40 to 45.
03:29
All right, a female black, 40 to 45 years old, brown bonnet, black puffy jacket, black pants.
03:42
You can show me with 14.
Police codes explained
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment; message received or affirmative (OK).

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W 38th Pl, Chicago, IL 60609
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