Police respond to burglary alarm at local museum, Mesa AZ

Burglary

Reported: 08/21/2025 07:35 AM (PDT)

Near W Pepper Pl, Mesa, AZ 85201

Police are investigating a possible break-in at a museum after an alarm went off.

Audio|Source: Mesa Police Department Central Patrol District

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Transcript:
Any unmarked unit that can assist on Hots? Item 24, will you start for a 459[1] atom at the IDEA Museum, (address withheld)? 114. (address withheld) at the IDEA Museum. It's a Building 2 intrusion alarm. There is a lot of history here with the same Berg alarm. Let me know if you want a 906[2].

Police codes explained

The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:

[1]

459: Burglary

[2]

906: Request for backup/cover

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Near W Pepper Pl, Mesa, AZ 85201

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The lady in the front has the idea why we're here, has not smelled anything. So we'll continue to work on the collar and investigate further while trying to get the building evacuated. McDonald's command. McDonald's command. I'm going to hold of the RP and have them come out and meet with Ladder 2-O-1. Top. Just on the phone with the RP. She's going to step outside and meet with Chris. If you read through that, we've got a 2-cent music for that stick. Different addresses. So we've got 40 North McDonald, 48, I believe, the 112 and 118 or West Pepper address. We can check off those two places. Hold on. Copy. Control help. She is the owner of the organic. She had multiple patrons come to her and say they had a strong smell. We've located that and confirmed it in that back custodial closet. It's a smell of sewer gas coming from that back closet. It's a smell of sewer gas coming from that back closet. It's an unventilated area in the back of suite, which is the coffee shop. I've got engine 23 that's assuming hazard coming forward to with them and let them know exactly where they're going to need to start metering. Do you feel to evacuate any of the suites around, which are two and then one north, two north, three north, and suite four or shelter in place? In shelter in place right now. Lump 2Located gas inlet or gas meter. I'm going to go check the gas meter right now with him and make sure it's operating correct. Okay, copy. You did locate the gas meter. Confirmed, though, that that is to infect the buildings that we're dealing with since we've got four separate buildings. And then also, once you do confirm that, just meet up and make them aware. They can also be there on that area. And you're coming up on 15 minutes on the type. Copy, 15 minutes on time, where we're still working on investigating. Alarm[1] copies, so we're gone. Identify. Looks like that meter supplied gas to 112, and that's it. We made entry. We have no smell of gas. I don't have anything out of the ordinary on this one. I copy that. That gas meter supplies to the address of Westpenter. You've got no smell of gas in there. What we'll do is let's go ahead and just back the patient and just establish a limited access zone around the entire thing. Our hazmat crew move forward, start metering the area inside Suite 1, the sewer smell, and then if they need to, we'll move them over to the meter just at a park or at 112. Thank control copies. We're going to go and evacuate the rest of the member. Once we'll create a limited access zone, and I will report my findings. I'm sure if you've made entry or met with the users, but just be aware. Additionally, we've got the address that, which is 112 West Pepper, that we've made access to BNRP. The gas meter over there appears to be functioning properly. That gas meter service is one only, which is the research facility for the Museum of Natural History. It does not see the gas at that location.

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