Passenger argues with bus driver on route to garage

Heard on: Hennepin MN Transportation Group Calls

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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Yeah, when I 1st hit the PRTT, he was the bus is 1539 .

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By the way, when I 1st hit the call, he was he was like up here in my face.

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That was about 20 min ago, so he's calmed down a little bit.

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He's still back there cussing me out though.

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Listen, if I get to, are the police waiting? Where are they putting people off at now? Is it at is it at 50 garage?

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It's at 7th Street Garage.

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Okay, should I get past Hennepin or past Nicollet? He had to get off.

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Can I just go in there and get him off?

00:34

Yeah, just go ahead and do that.

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And then if he needs police to get him off, just call us.

00:42

Okay, I'll do that.

00:43

I'll do that. He's slowed down a little bit since.

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Okay, I'll keep rolling.

00:47

If things change up, put another VRT in.

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Copy that, no problem.

8/19/2026 10:54 PM

Disturbance

7th St S, Hopkins, MN

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, a Metro Transit bus driver reported a passenger who was previously in the driver’s face and was still cursing at them. The dispatcher advised the operator to continue toward the 7th Street garage in Hopkins and remove the passenger there, with police possibly called if the person refused to get off the bus.