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Silent alarm on CTA bus near Irving Park Rd, Chicago IL

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Suspicious Activity

Reported: 12/22/2025 05:37 AM

N Melvina Ave & W Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL 60634

As discussed during the dispatch call, police responded to a possible emergency after a silent alarm was activated on a CTA bus near Irving Park Rd and N Melvina Ave. Officers searched the area and followed a bus westbound to determine if it was connected to the alarm. The situation appears to have been handled without confirmed danger or injuries.

Audio|Heard on: Chicago Police Department Zone 01

Listen to dispatch call

01:30

Transcript:

00:00

I can't help but notice you are at the location of a bus alarm, Irving Park Rd and N Melvina Ave.

00:04

CTA says silent alarm from CTA bus (number withheld).

00:08

I'll get you back up.

00:12

Is it eastbound or westbound? Did he just say?

00:16

Westbound.

00:20

Okay.

00:24

1631, I'm on the way.

00:27

31, that's great, thank you.

00:34

1633?

00:36

1633.

00:38

No one at 6200 Austin, and I just passed Narragansett.

00:46

I'm gonna keep going west.

00:48

Might be a callback.

00:51

All right, the callback is just a switchboard for CTA, but we can try.

00:58

Okay, yep, I see a bus in front of me about two blocks.

01:04

It's coming up Oak Park Ave.

01:06

I'll let you know.

01:09

Ten forty-eight outside number?

01:12

Yep, that's it. Ten forty-eight.

01:23

Uh, the one I see is ten fifty-five.

01:25

Other than that, keep going west.

01:29

Okay.

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Location mentioned:

N Melvina Ave & W Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL 60634

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