Police pursue suspected intoxicated driver on Broadway Avenue, Columbus MN
Alcohol ViolationPolice pursued a suspected intoxicated driver in a small SUV swerving westbound on Broadway Avenue from Potomac Street. Patrol units and a drone assisted in searching for and attempting to intercept the vehicle. The suspect may have exited the vehicle on foot. Officers established perimeters and tried to locate the vehicle and occupant in the nearby area.
Audio|Source: Anoka County Police and Fire
07:33
Transcript:
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If we're able to locate the vehicle with UAS and we can move up into it, authorized for positive pressure contact.
00:07
Copy authorized for positive pressure contact.
00:12
2G25, do we have a rover car in this perimeter?
00:19
Two Mary 26th.
00:21
I think right now everyone's on a spot.
00:23
Pretty sound.
00:29
I have a possible matching coming up firing toward use of road and then I lost it at Broad Avenue on this hill here.
00:36
Westbound Broadway Avenue from Potomac Street for a possible intoxicated driver driving a small SUV on license plate and it's swerving, we're still trying to get further.
00:47
RPs going in the same direction.
00:49
Copy.
00:54
23509. Copy.
00:56
Um,
00:57
anyone available, he said it was going up Ironton and then went like north on Broad?
01:03
I lost at the intersection up, Rod and Ironton, just due to the hill.
01:09
Copy. Is anyone on the north free to check that out?
01:14
King 301, I can swim over there.
01:16
Then 2 Mary 26th.
01:18
The north perimeter was established immediately, so I don't think he would have been able to get out to the north.
01:28
It looks like that vehicle.
01:30
I'd probably turn them broad, I don't know which direction.
01:32
I didn't get a good look at it, but similar shape to Alantra.
01:45
332. One minute.
01:47
2.0.37. They're going southbound on Lexington.
01:53
RPA is still behind them.
01:55
Okay, sound copy.
01:59
Impossible plate is Paul, George, Nora, 938.
02:04
3.30, the drone's launching.
02:07
Ready.
02:09
Tor is launching a two minutes.
02:11
Two minutes.
02:17
Just a heads up one car turning in 79th in East of the road.
02:25
Copy, did you say a vehicle coming into the area?
02:30
Ten for. Just turned down 79th from East of Road.
02:37
Okay.
02:38
Deerville, do you want to intercept it if it gets to you?
02:42
Yep.
02:45
Unrelated, it was an SUV.
02:50
Copy, it could still be someone trying to pick them up.
02:58
Number 37, the vehicle went past Cross Town RP is no longer following but requesting a phone call.
03:05
Hi, Kathy, I'm behind the vehicle following for conduct cell phone Lexus from Cross.
03:10
Three minutes.
03:13
How far north do you want me or do you want me to start ducking into the neighborhoods here?
03:21
Just check out where that King Car was saying they saw a vehicle that brought in Ironton area.
03:27
Okay.
03:30
And again for cars, I think it would be difficult for that vehicle to escape to the north because 33 had Riverview and Riverview shut down pretty quick and we were at Broad almost immediately in Saramont, so I don't think he could have gotten north.
03:49
26 to 24 of that vehicle ever make it to you?
03:53
It did not.
03:54
Okay.
03:59
In 26-5-9, what's your position?
04:05
Long following East of Road.
04:08
Go ahead.
04:12
20-40-26.
04:15
Go ahead.
04:21
He is on foot.
04:22
There is one walkway at the corner of Buffalo and Broad that I can't see the best.
04:29
So if he is walking, he could get out there.
04:32
Okay, are you saying like he could go from that corner of broad and cut three yards to 79?
04:39
Yeah, there's an actual paved path right there.
04:43
Yeah, I see what you're talking about.
04:49
5'9, why don't you slide back to 79th in East River Road?
04:55
Okay.
05:01
Then 26 to the King Cars with the UAS.
05:05
Are you guys able to see heat?
05:11
There is a car that's going northbound Riverview from Cheryl.
05:18
Doesn't look like the target.
05:24
26, Covey. 33 if it gets you, still stop it.
05:28
Make sure that there aren't any occupants or anything like that that could be related to this.
05:35
Right, Cappy.
05:36
Vehicles coming up to me now.
05:37
They're just stopped now in the middle of the road here.
05:44
Abe's CHAPA is overhead now.
05:49
Community 26 to flight.
05:56
3 and 32 suspicious vehicle.
05:59
Dipper 8, we're overhead, we're just trying to get our cameras pulled up here on technical difficulties.
06:06
38032.
06:08
Sam George Victor 890 Central Park.
06:12
Seven minutes.
06:18
Just for you guys to be aware, Hyundai-A-Landra fled from us, pretty tight perimeter established from Fairmont and Riverview,
06:28
Fairmont and Broad,
06:30
down to 79th, or correction Riverview and Buffalo.
06:35
Looking for any vehicles that are still warm in that area, if possible he could have left on foot.
06:42
go to the south, blacked out, but we think it's likely the vehicle still in here.
06:49
Okay, as soon as we're able to get this to cooperate, we'll see if we can plan a hot vehicle.
06:56
Copy things, and did you copy, we have a UAS up?
07:01
There should be no factor.
07:02
Thank you.
07:04
Game 30 to 2 Mary 26.
07:08
Go ahead.
07:11
We're using the drone.
07:12
There's a hot black vehicle directly behind in the driveway where you are, I believe.
07:18
Can you see if that's the car?
07:21
Yeah, they arrived home probably about five, ten minutes ago, unrelated.
07:27
Probably that we'll keep looking here.
07:30
Three Mary 33, the vehicle that I had stopped is unrelated.
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Location mentioned:
W Broadway Ave & Potomac St NE, Columbus, MN 55025
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