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Large butcher knife found on grass near Archer Road, Gainesville FL

Weapons

Reported: 11/5/2025 05:06 AM

SW Archer Rd, Gainesville, FL

A large butcher knife was found lying on the grass on the eastbound side of Southwest Archer Road near Shands Rehab. Officers discussed verifying the report and planned to retrieve the knife to prevent any possible danger.

Audio|Source: Gainesville Police and Alachua Fire

01:54

Transcript:

00:00

Oscar 12. Signal 43, 27-08, Southwest Archer Road, Shands Rehab.

00:04

There's a large butcher knife between the yellow lines on the grass on the eastbound side of Archer Road.

00:10

No, signal 13 or blood or anything like that. That's 8.09.

00:14

10.4.

00:16

Oscar 12. Oscar 12.

00:18

Are you reading a traffic hazard?

00:23

I don't have that 43 either just advising there's a large butcher knife on the grass.

00:34

Oscar 12th.

00:36

Can you check with Sierra 723 if this is something we really need to go to?

00:39

Do you?

00:40

C.R. 723?

00:46

New Sierra unit on one?

00:52

Station, I can find them. Where you got?

00:55

75, the signal 43 am pending in a divide.

00:57

7.5-3 standby, I'm on the phone. 10-4[1].

01:01

24. My 30 patients? 214. Could you use 75 the signal for you train pending and advise?

01:12

Can you talk about the butcher knife? Yeah, sir.

01:16

We can go by and grab it and just pose that if some kid don't get it, that'd be great.

01:22

10.4.

01:23

34-51. Okay.

01:29

407 in Gainesville? Yeah?

01:32

You can put me on that signal 43 with the butcher knife and put Oscar 12108.

01:37

I'm sorry.

01:42

Can you pull me a CR and give me the last part please?

01:49

Off 1, CCR is 16452, 16,452.

Police codes explained

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[1]

10-4: Acknowledgment or confirmation; message received and understood.

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SW Archer Rd, Gainesville, FL

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