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Police follow suspect vehicle near Costco parking lot 

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Near E South Airport Rd, Traverse City, MI 49686
Police units are tracking a suspect vehicle that was last seen in a Costco parking lot. Multiple units coordinate to follow the vehicle as it leaves the area without drawing attention.
Audio|Source: Leelanau County Public Safety
03:48

Transcript:
All call signs, all call signs. Target is at Garfield and South Airport currently. That's Blue. We are 9-1[2] South-Southwest on 3-1, paralleling 5-mile. Move in towards your location. Over. Blue, this is red. We don't see him turn on a Garfield. He might still be eastbound on airport. Red, this is Talk. I read Heading Easton Airport, over. Leelanaw, 4527 status. Secure, extend me 15[3]. 15, 1822. White, this is Talk. Check Costco parking lot, copy, over. That's white, good coffee. Blue, this is talk, head south on north four-mile road, how copy over. That's blue, good copy over. Yeah. That's blue, good copy. This is red. We do have a marked S.O.[4] unit, a couple cars in front of us. Red, this is good copy. White, this is red. He might be backing into a spot at Costco right now. That's white yet. All call signs, all call signs. Make sure not to make an obvious box. Keep it nice and loose. That's white. Five-five. Three is. X-ray 1[1] is in the Costco parking lot. White, this is talk I read X-ray 1 in Costco parking lot. Can you confirm that over? That's white. Yes, white 69 x-ray 1. That seems to be in. That's right. We can cover the east side of the parking lot. That's Bravo, moving the bumper at North Three Mile Road and East South Airport Road, over. Talk, good copy, over. 7777, he just left his spot. It looks like he's about to exit the parking lot. That's a good copy, start to follow. That's white, yes. White, this is red. Which way is he leaving? That's white. He went right out of the parking lot. That's white x-ray one gone right, 911 west, east-south airport. That's blue moving for six-eight.

Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
X-ray 1: Unit identifier
[2]
9-1: Unit or area designation for southern direction (contextual, not a crime code)
[3]
15: Time extension request (contextual, not a crime code)
[4]
S.O.: Sheriff's Office unit

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Near E South Airport Rd, Traverse City, MI 49686

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