Pedestrian spotted on highway divider in Redding, Redding CA
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Suspicious ActivityAs discussed during the dispatch call, multiple callers reported a person sitting on the concrete barrier in the center divide west of I-5 on SR-44 in Redding. The individual was wearing a heavy coat and appeared to be holding an unknown object, possibly a rubber ball. Officers responded to check on the situation and confirmed the roadway was clear.
Audio|Heard on: CHP Northern Division - Redding Dispatch Center
Listen to dispatch call
00:45
Transcript:
00:00
Thirty-seven fifty-three, you are ten ninety-eight.
00:01
You are stopping around to the eleven twenty-five fifty-four Mary with en route to the cardboard.
00:04
We have a second calling lane, eleven twenty-five pedestrian SR-44 west of I-5.
00:07
If you want to check on that, a male sitting on the concrete barrier in the center divide, heavy coat hood on.
00:13
He's holding onto an unknown object just west of I-5.
00:21
Fifty-three ten four.
00:27
Thirty-seven fifty-four Mary, ninety-seven ninety-eight.
00:29
The roadway is clear.
00:30
Backing out to the pedestrian fifty-three with also en route.
00:37
Thirty-seven fifty-three and fifty-four Mary, we're receiving multiple calls on the subject still sitting in the center divide.
00:43
One caller advised he was holding a rubber ball.
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Location mentioned:
CA-44, Redding, CA
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