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Commercial alarm at office on West CatalpaChicago IL

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audio iconBurglary
W Catalpa Ave, Chicago, IL 60656

As discussed during the dispatch call, police responded to a commercial alarm at an office near West Catalpa Avenue after motion was detected in the northwest section of the building. The keyholder could not be reached. Another call reported a disturbance at a CTA bus garage where a passenger believed an employee took a lost tablet and refused to leave.

Audio|Heard on: Chicago Police Department Zone 01
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01:12
Transcript:
00:00
Pending on the board in 16, we got a commercial alarm near West Catalpa.
00:05
A disturbance near Western and Armstrong and Otto PD.
00:09
Got a couple calls, Lawrence and Christiana all pending in 16.
00:17
652, we'll check out after.
00:20
10-4, thank you.
00:27
And 1652 for the air, that disturbance near Armstrong is going to be at the CTA bus garage called in by a CTA operator.
00:37
Stated a (name withheld) left an iPad on the bus,
00:41
said (name withheld) was tracking it and then (name withheld) stated belief that the operator took it and refusing to leave.
00:55
Sixteen oh six Charlie.
00:59
06 Charlie.
01:01
Charlie, if you can help me out, I got a commercial alarm.
01:03
We're headed towards the backlog, near West Catalpa.
01:07
Just hit the time, it's the northwest office motion and they haven't been able to contact the keyholder.

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Location mentioned:
W Catalpa Ave, Chicago, IL 60656

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