Officers assist with loose dog near Route 6 rest area, Sandwich MA
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Other Non-Crime EventAs discussed during the dispatch call, police responded to reports of a loose yellow Labrador retriever near the Route 6 West Sandwich Rest Area. Officers searched the surrounding woods as the dog moved east. Sandwich Police and animal control were notified and coordinated efforts to capture the animal.
Audio|Heard on: Worcester MA Law Dispatch Group Calls
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03:53
Transcript:
00:00
Sixteen eighty-two will be on a four in the rest area.
00:11
Sixteen eighty-two to that cruiser with the dog, which is six?
00:19
I'm in the woods.
00:20
He took off when I pulled up,
00:23
headed back east into the woods.
00:28
Can't see where he went.
00:35
All right, so I just saw him.
00:38
He's quite a ways ahead of me in the woods headed back east.
00:45
Probably a quarter to a half mile from that rest area now.
00:54
Okay, received.
01:04
About a hundred pound dog, yellow lab with a black harness on.
01:16
Sixteen eighty-two.
01:17
I'll call Sandwich PD and see if they got any calls of a runaway dog.
01:25
Okay, received.
01:32
E7 1682.
01:38
1682, I'm off in the Route 6 West Sandwich Rest Area.
01:46
Okay sir, Sandwich PD has not received any calls of a runaway dog but they are sending animal control to assist you with corralling the canine.
01:59
Okay, received.
02:03
1682 to that uh cruiser with the dog.
02:07
Wait, where's your cruiser parked?
02:13
I'm in the rough area.
02:15
It's at uh,
02:17
it's actually D2's area.
02:20
But Route 6 west before Chase Road.
02:27
Okay, so you're in the closed weigh station that's gated off.
02:35
(name withheld).
02:37
Last time I saw the dog, he was probably a half mile prior to it,
02:44
about 100 yards into the wood line, headed back east.
02:55
Okay, received.
02:56
D2, you got a cruiser in the area of that?
03:08
1536 B7, I'm en route to assist for that.
03:16
D2 has it, thank you.
03:25
1576 is in the area as well.
03:33
2668 to D7, I'll be 17.
03:41
D7, I'm not sure if that's Barnstable or Sandwich, but we're about to update the correct department.
03:50
Just updated.
03:51
Same as you can see,
03:53
they're all set.
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Location mentioned:
Mid-Cape Hwy, Sandwich, MA
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