Man in mental health crisis threatens officers in Clearwater, Clearwater FL
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WeaponsAccording to the dispatch call, a man in a mental health crisis in Clearwater threatened to grab officers' guns or cause them to shoot him. He was located near Highland and Fairmont streets and taken into custody without weapons after recently leaving a mental health facility.
Audio|Heard on: Clearwater Police - East
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05:43
Transcript:
00:00
To be advised, it's going to be near Palmetto per central, or confirm with the caller.
00:08
She did say that if PD shows up,
00:12
he threatened to grab their guns or make them shoot him.
00:19
It's confirmed near Palmetto.
00:28
Yeah, it's on this call, we are getting a call from the complainant sister who was on the phone with her and made the same statements about him wanting gel and cell.
00:37
So, are you guys still landline?
00:44
Yes, we're landline with the wife.
00:47
Can you have your step out, please?
00:53
We're having her step.
00:59
I'll be there shortly, but let me know if it'd be beneficial to have the eagle up.
01:06
Also, if there's anywhere in particular, he might be headed.
01:11
It's got to be working through it right now, sir.
01:17
(Name withheld) has his phone on him,
01:20
see if we can work on getting that ping.
01:27
For you to get this phone number, if you want to call it to the supervisor's desk in the start time?
01:34
Went away, the wife is checking to see if he has his phone.
01:40
Yeah.
01:43
Apparently, he also likes to go to parks, so if we want to check Grass Lake, or any other park around here, maybe?
01:51
I'm at still looking right now.
01:54
The wife said he would go places to avoid people at all cost.
02:12
133 keeper 134 Navy of contact claim will perp.
02:19
I copy one thirty three no wait he does not have his phone with him.
02:29
Got me.
02:35
Because this golf horse is over here, it might be beneficial to have the eagle.
02:46
Before you want us to call over?
02:48
We'll wait for the primary unit up there to work through where he may or may not be.
02:54
I'll give that a minute. Okay,
02:58
we're doing it.
03:04
Do we have a time frame?
03:12
Two minutes prior to...
03:13
Hey, Matt, that was a two-minute time left?
03:17
Yeah, he's going to not have any weapons on him.
03:19
Apparently, they're all locked up because he just got out of mental health facility.
03:23
He didn't have any time to grab anything for you left, he just ran out the house.
03:32
The wife advised the last time he left, when he had an incident like this, he went eastbound.
03:43
Have he sat with a plaid shirt on?
03:48
10-4[1].
03:51
He's going to be north on Highland just out the Fairmont, so I don't want to flip my truck around right away.
03:58
He's on the sidewalk, east side of the road.
04:00
Let's make sure that we got a solid package going with at least three to four, less lethal and lethal.
04:06
When we make that contact,
04:08
give me two seconds so I can flip around.
04:10
I don't look obvious.
04:17
Fort Queen, you want to go ahead and hold the channel now?
04:20
Yeah, hold the channel.
04:21
I'm going to flip around here in just a second.
04:25
With those units,
04:27
make sure that you're in linear with one another when you pull up to them.
04:35
All units, code one trap.
04:45
North Mountain.
04:51
You advise you was North Mountain.
04:53
Yeah,
04:57
those cars that are coming up now, just keep coming.
04:59
You're going to be just ahead of you.
05:00
You can see my truck flipped around.
05:03
I'm going to get in behind you once you guys turn your lights on.
05:13
Hi, we're going to be up to all right near the church.
05:19
Oh my God.
05:26
Green plaid shirt, blue pants, black shoes,
05:30
short red hair, beard.
05:32
Oh my gosh, Libby.
05:39
Copy one in custody at 310.
05:42
All right, clear the air.
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment or confirmation; message received and understood.
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Location mentioned:
Fairmont St & N Highland Ave, Clearwater, FL 33755
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