Officer detains man in mental health crisis near Ritchie Road, Gainesville TX
An officer stopped an older white man near Ritchie Road who appeared to be having a mental health crisis. The situation escalated briefly and the officer held the man at gunpoint. The man was later safely taken into custody.
Audio|Source: Gainesville / Cooke County Public Safety
03:4
Transcript:
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I'll be out with the male on 922 near Ritchie Road.
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He's possibly having a mental crisis, white male, older,
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jeans,
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blue beanie.
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Marys, do you see any medics?
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Stand by.
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34, what's your 20?
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Crossing the bridge west of Taya right now.
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They're west of Tayaoga.
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Yeah,
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going west of Taya.
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21 a half one at gunpoint can you start me a second please one at gunpoint 17 17 channel closed for emergency traffic only 233 can you begin route 10 4 4
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3300 blocks east FM 922
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Ritchie in 922.
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21 up and gets a little L-unit with me.
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229, 221, 221,000, 29.
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221, 319.
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21 easy change.
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One to ten, seventeen, nineteen.
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Two,
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two, twenty-one, six twenty-seven.
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Two is twenty-one and who is ten-four?
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Yeah,
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two. Two-twenty-one, are we able to open the channel?
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104, uptext 27.
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Receive channel open 1720.
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Go ahead.
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131, 98,
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961.
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221. Go ahead.
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Go ahead.
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221.
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Joey is clear, 29's and locals.
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I do show that we have an alert in-house for this subject gets hostile with officers.
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So far it's been verbal only.
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Yeah, 10-4[1] he does,
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using me in custody.
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In custody at 1722.
Police codes explained
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment / Message received
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Gainesville, TX 76240
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