Motorcyclist flees traffic stop near Santa Clara

Heard on: Santa Fe NM Law Dispatch Group Calls

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

00:00

Hey, I just had a black bike take off from me on a traffic stop.

00:03

It's gonna be a black bike, male, was wearing a blue cutoff shirt with a bandana and a hat.

00:13

I'm gonna see if I can find him around the Sunnyside area.

00:18

He was going south on 180.

00:20

1280, probably five.

00:21

Did he take off into Sunnyside or

00:24

I think he's headed towards Silver.

00:27

Possibly got going into Santa Clara.

00:30

The traffic stop was right there, but just past the lights on Santa Clara, so I'm not sure where he could have gone to.

00:36

1287 to 1285, was it like a sports bike or like a Harley? That was a sports bike.

00:46

10-4, 1287, so we'll come just for 49.

00:48

I was coming westbound on 180 from 125 and negative 25, so he has to be in Baird or Santa Clara.

7/31/2026 01:46 PM

Traffic

US-180, Santa Clara, NM

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, radio traffic describes a black sport motorcycle whose rider reportedly fled from a traffic stop near Highway 180. The rider, a man wearing a blue cutoff shirt with a bandana and hat, apparently headed south on Highway 180 toward the Sunnyside, Silver, Baird, or Santa Clara areas as officers searched nearby.