High-risk stop on stolen vehicle at West University, Mesa AZ
Motor Vehicle TheftPolice conducted a high-risk traffic stop near West University on a vehicle reported stolen about a month ago. Multiple occupants showed partial compliance with officers who had rifles and bean bag weapons ready. Westbound traffic was blocked, and a nearby Mexican restaurant was evacuated to ensure safety.
Audio|Source: Mesa Police Department Central Patrol District
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Transcript:
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Channel 2 is 103 for 1 Charlie 21, doing 97 on Unoccupied 5-09 near West University.
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Traffic's on 2.
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Let's stay out of there until it goes back mobile so we're on rent zone before.
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Copy.
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Okay.
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Okay.
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Eastbound takeaway, somebody can pick up west, north, and south.
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I got the vehicle out on to University, wide turn eastbound,
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immediate left turn signal to the north south on.
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Pressing with the double yellows into the two-way left turn.
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We're setting up to the northbound severally.
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That's only 26.
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What are the circumstances that it's 1209?
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You turn west down.
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Stopping at the light, home, school and university, across the stop line,
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into the crosswalk.
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Controls 1.2.1.
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I'm behind it.
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Okay.
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Okay. Correct.
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10.4.
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Dave,
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seven, six Adams, six Baker, Frank Adam.
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Ten four.
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Copy. I got one more.
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It looks like one more pulling up.
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So as soon as we get the green, I'll light it up.
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Okay. Behind you and you got seven, Charlie 13, behind us as well.
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In a second.
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Copy. Were we able to know that any of circumstances?
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In the NCIC, it's been stolen for about a month.
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I have dispatch contact in Fort McDowell, P.D.C.
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Surfacing.
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We got the green going westbound.
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I'm going to light it up.
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Okay.
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...to go to north on the parking lot of university.
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Copy. The 8th University off the ice.
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Get traffic stopped at Standage and University.
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Yep.
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For Charlie 24, we got rifle beam bag, we're going to start slowing some things down and get compliance first.
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All right, we got compliance from the driver.
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He has his hands out the window.
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Still a vehicle traveling westbound on uni.
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We can get a traffic block for that.
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So you know who can help block westbound traffic?
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Patrol 821 can you tonight?
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There is a patrol car blocking sending traffic into the parking lot.
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I think there's as long as people don't go left to center.
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Okay.
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872 of the units, the circumstances of the 5-09 in Fort McDowell says it's more of a 424-R-O lent the vehicle to a friend who's refusing to return it.
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Hold the region.
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Right rear pass here as well, let those go.
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So at least three.
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I'll drive her hands going in and out of the car, so we're going to have high-risk of the car.
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Charlie 44 we have the keys out of the vehicle we got some compliance for now we're going to wait for further officers to get on time.
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For Charlie 24, we do need more hands at the IA team,
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but we have this Mexican restaurant.
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We do need to make sure that there's not a west door that they can break into and enter that.
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So we can have an officer, I'm sure that's evacuated, the doors are locked over there.
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Copy, is there you know who can take that?
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It's like near West University.
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Okay.
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How many more units we have coming to this?
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From the unit's 97, looks like there's one more coming.
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Sir, to Hong, we told the owner to evacuate.
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You can try, but he's not to be friendly.
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Okay.
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So we're going to start calling out the occupants right now.
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Air unit, you copy.
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Drivers out, doors close again,
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gray shirt, pant pants, white shoes.
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Location mentioned:
Near W University Dr, Mesa, AZ 85201
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