Officer injured on State Route 509 near Tacoma, Tacoma WA
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Medical EmergencyAccording to the dispatch call, an officer was reported down on southbound State Route 509 near Port of Tacoma Road in Tacoma, Washington. Emergency units shut down the highway and redirected traffic while coordinating an escort for medical transport to St. Joseph’s Hospital.
Audio|Heard on: Tacoma Police Dispatch - North
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04:40
Transcript:
00:00
For Stephen, it sounds like state is putting out on their error that they do have an officer down.
00:09
Affirm, we have an officer down. We have an officer down.
00:11
Copy officer down again, it's southbound 509 at milepost 2 between Milwaukee Way and Port of Tacoma Road. The firm, I want to push everybody to the Port of Tacoma Road exit then.
00:31
36 382, you need mainline 509 blocked, so everybody needs to go to Port of Tacoma or back the previous intersection.
00:43
Yeah,
00:47
let's,
00:49
Tomo, where's fire coming from?
00:54
No staging in Fife, advising them now.
01:01
36th Street, Tacoma.
01:02
I'm going to try to block it at 509 in Alexander.
01:14
630256. Did you copy the Lask? You can get to that area as well.
01:25
Can we get an ETA on fire?
01:34
Are we able to start redirecting wrong way up to Tacoma Road just to shut this entire thing down?
01:41
I need Port of Tacoma on-ramp shut down to southbound spot.
01:48
All right, two, three, I got one first.
01:54
Thanks, everyone.
01:59
372, is that Port of Tacoma to five or nine?
02:02
Thank you everyone.
02:08
Tacoma, do they have a common channel? Are we able to secure some for this?
02:13
It's a little chaotic right now, we'll work on that as soon as we can.
02:19
Fire's heading your way.
02:25
If we can get someone on Port of Tacoma to stop right there and block traffic from coming down.
02:34
We need to have somebody stop traffic at Alexander.
02:45
Alexander, we've got a block.
02:57
256, I am writing for him then north.
02:59
Where am I needed?
03:10
X-ray 3L1, are you monitoring north?
03:14
Yes.
03:18
Recade 1933.
03:28
Units are blocking the on-ramp to southbound 509 at Port of Tacoma.
03:36
Looks like we got that covered.
03:39
Any units that are able, PC, Paul Charles, LE.
03:47
Paul Charles, LA.
03:55
Paul 452 to Sam 316.
04:00
Sam 306, guys.
04:03
When they figure out which hospital, do you want other units to start blocking a path that way?
04:10
Yeah, I want that done right now.
04:13
I want 21st shutdown.
04:17
I want a direct path to St. Joseph’s.
04:20
All blocked out so the medics can go.
04:26
Received.
04:27
Clear a path to St. Joseph’s.
04:33
I need all units inbound to divert and start blocking the streets to the hospital.
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State Rte 509, Tacoma, WA
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