Police pursue speeding Mercedes on highway, Santa Rosa CA
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Police pursued a blacked-out white Mercedes driving north on Highway 101 in Santa Rosa, California, at speeds over 130 mph. The vehicle exited near Bicentennial Way and headed west on Piner Road with emergency lights on.
Audio|Heard on: Sonoma County Fire-EMS and Sheriff Dispatch
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01:49
Transcript:
00:00
16-9.
00:02
Excuse me just out of Bolo with the blacked-out white Mercedes.
00:06
It just passed me going 140 blackout now.
00:10
It's a northbound passing steel.
00:14
Copy the ZHP COL for a blacked out Mercedes currently passed you northbound passing steel.
00:20
Are you in pursuit?
00:22
Uh,
00:23
not right now.
00:24
He's going in excesses, 130 trying to catch up.
00:27
He's north down, passing steel off now.
00:31
10-4[1].
00:37
He looks like he's approaching the Bicentennial off in the number three lane.
00:45
Approaching the bicentennial off in the number three lane.
00:53
He took the Bicentennial off.
00:57
He took the Bicentennial off.
01:03
I was going towards Piner, I believe.
01:09
Copy heading towards Piner.
01:16
He's going to be westbound Piner, approaching.
01:22
Stand by.
01:25
Copy, westbound Piner.
01:32
We'll just call this in pursuit.
01:35
You're going to be westbound Piner just for a stop sign at an industrial.
01:41
He's got his lights on now.
01:44
Copy westbound Piner, blue stop and industrial lights on now.
01:47
Code 33[2] on Channel 1, working traffic is different.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment or confirmation that a message has been received and understood.
[2]
Code 33: Emergency—restrict radio traffic to priority transmissions only; clear the channel for urgent communication.
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Location mentioned:
US-101, Santa Rosa, CA
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