Suspicious person jumps fence at Cascade Gateway Park, Salem OR


Police responded to a report of a suspicious person who jumped a fence at Cascade Gateway City Park and dropped multiple items, believed to be stolen lighters. The individual was last seen fleeing east towards Interstate 5 and possibly traveling north on a bicycle through nearby encampments and a mobile home park. Officers coordinated a search in the area to track the person.
Audio|Source: Salem Police Dispatch
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Transcript:
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I'll probably go over to Casta Gateway over there and we can watch from there.
00:05
Copy, I'll probably over there.
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5.519, go ahead.
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Okay.
00:18
5-65 other units start coming in. We have a couple going to Cascade Getway.
00:23
I want a couple in the mobile park north,
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and then kind of east China walk them in there.
00:34
185, your shut us.
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34.
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Company 2029.
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1748, you want to go to the next entrance?
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Okay.
01:01
We'll just watch right here.
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326, on the phone with the security from the mobile home park, he's direct to me into where he's seen the subject and where he dropped some items, and then I'll figure out from there where the best place to track is.
01:31
3-7-A, with the time delay, he could have easily gone into the mobile home park.
01:39
6-7, time delay is time of call.
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237, I can head over to the mobile park.
01:51
326. He was last seen jump the fence in the gateway at 1122.
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378-326. What space number was are you next to?
02:05
The most northern east corner.
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I'm down here by the light with the light post down here. You'll see my flashlight.
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Copy 233.
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6.5. Can I get a unit up to mission on the north end of the park?
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6.9. Your status.
02:42
Okay.
02:46
Copy 234?
02:47
326. There's a bunch of lighters here,
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probably what he probably got from the store where he jumped the fence.
02:55
And then he was last seen after jumping the fence going to the east towards I-5. I'll relocate to there and start track.
03:08
And 3708, there's that road that runs east along the lake.
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That's going to lead all the way into the northern part of the park as well.
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And then that also leads into the mobile homes across 5-5.
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326-7-8. If you have someone else there with you, if you guys can hold up, and I'll be right over and you guys can join me on the track.
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I copy, 272 is your witness. We'll join it.
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48, 326.
03:48
Go ahead. Good.
03:53
So, east of the lake here at Cascade Gateway, there are some obvious camps.
04:03
We're getting multiple heat signatures.
04:05
It'd be a long I-5,
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but south of mission by a good clip.
04:20
I'm forward back there is one subject moving quickly. It looks like he's potentially on a bicycle and he's moving north toward Mission Street along the east side of I-5 through the encampments.
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Location mentioned:
Cascades Gateway City Park, 2100 Turner Rd SE, Salem, OR 97302
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