Person removed from river after refusing aid


Audio of responders reporting a person in the river near North Avenue and the Mars Wrigley building. Kayakers offered a lifesaver but the person refused. Responders directed units to the location, the person came to shore, and was taken into custody.
Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 04
04:18
Transcript:
833 Frankl. 833. So he's south and North Avenue in the river just north of the Mars Rigley building on Black Hawk. Kind of just getting him a like this now. All right, I'm trying to see where Marine is. Marine 20 on the zone. Hey there. 33, can you give them an update exactly? to your best ability. Okay, squad. He's just north of the Myers-regory building on Blackhawk and just south of the North Avenue Bridge. Marine Unit 20. (name withheld) 20 coming in. Yeah, squad, we have M5 in (name withheld). Can we just get one more update on the location? East by the North Ave Bridge. He's about half way out. He's a little south east right now. So he's south of North Avenue? 10-4[1]. All right, one route. Does he have the lifesaver from the kayak? He didn't want a lifeless, but their kayakers are kind of just hanging around them. Hey, thinks it's going to wait you out. I think that's what he thinks. It's 7.3. You could show us on 22[2] to show. All right. 6-3 boy? I think it's the number over Harrison. (number withheld). 10-4, thank you. 1822. 822. Can we get someone from Old Navy to come here and do a showup, please? Can somebody go to Old Navy and get somebody for a showup? Anybody that can get out of there? 2.4 will go for the showup. 2.4 will go get Old Navy for the showup. Is he out of the water yet? shoreline. He's at the shoreline? Is he with M5 or he's by himself at the shoreline? Looks like he's coming out. He'll be able to be in a minute. Okay. Can you hold me on this whole mess in North Haven? One, one, two. He's coming up right now. One twelve again? He's coming out of the river. He's coming out of the river on the river. It's okay. One in custody[4] is first. All right, one in custody at 1313 on the clock. And we'll use the North Ranch in the River. 6.3 (name withheld). 6.3 (name withheld). Can I pull the RD[3] for the rental horn? For the statistic person with the use here.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgement (okay)
[2]
22: Show-up (identification procedure)
[3]
RD: Record Division (case # / report)
[4]
in custody: Suspect apprehended
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Location mentioned:
400-410 Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
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