Multiple overdoses reported near Red Line Howard, Cook County IL
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As discussed during the dispatch call, police and emergency responders were dispatched to reports of multiple people overdosing near a homeless encampment under the Red Line at Howard, on the Evanston side. Ambulances and EMS were sent to assist at the scene.
Audio|Heard on: Chicago Police Department Zone 11
Listen to dispatch call
01:28
Transcript:
00:00
Two 422. Two 422.
00:09
Two 402. Two two EMS[1] call underneath the Red Line at Howard.
00:21
Check and see if the ambulance may need you.
00:22
They said it's multiple people near that homeless encampment overdosing.
00:31
Okay, ten four.
00:34
I'll let you know if they do anything.
00:35
Forty 0420, that should be Evanston side.
00:37
Can you contact them?
00:40
North side of the street, Evanston.
00:41
Okay, ten four.
00:46
Evanston one, you on the air?
00:53
Evanston One coming in, Zone Eleven.
00:56
Morning, morning to you.
00:57
Hey, we're getting a call on the north side of Red Line Howard.
01:01
You got multiple people possibly overdosing.
01:04
Send someone over there, check it out.
01:10
(name withheld), do you have people overdosing?
01:13
Yeah, they said it's at that homeless encampment on the north side of the street.
01:24
Four. We got the ambulance en route as well, so just for your information.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
EMS: Emergency medical services response or request for medical assistance.
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Location mentioned:
Howard, Illinois
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