Elderly driver refuses stop on US-50, officers call off pursuit, Grand Junction CO
TrafficBeing pursued on US-50, an elderly female driver activated hazard lights but refused to stop; officers ceased pursuit before entering populated area due to safety.
Audio|Source: Mesa County and Grand Junction Police, Fire and EMS
04:42
Transcript:
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Continuing, it's currently obeying traffic laws now.
00:05
And all units have shut down there, pursuit.
00:07
Six and forty.
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Silverado, we're still like one cat car is shadowing behind him.
00:15
He's reaching 20 and a quarter right now.
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Maybe like 60 or 65 miles per hour.
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The past 28 and a quarter, we have a long eye on it.
00:34
2651, do we ever find that when they were pursuing important?
00:38
It was a ready report.
00:43
Taka. Okay.
00:55
If you want to pass it, driver's going to be an elderly female with a red flower bonnet type hat on.
01:06
Have you...
01:08
It's stopped at the light.
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Right now, it's obeying every traffic law or anything like that.
01:16
We're going to attempt the traffic stop with it right now and see if it stops for us.
01:22
Hang on tomorrow.
01:24
I'm coming out directly behind you.
01:26
Perfect. Go ahead.
01:32
They're,
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have their flashers on again,
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and they're not stopping.
01:42
3477. Go ahead.
01:46
You put myself in 79 check at Fifth and Main Street.
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16.50.
02:00
Okay,
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unknown state, Charles King 1172.
02:07
Looks like might be a Mexico Chihuahua place.
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(name withheld).
02:16
Go ahead.
02:19
If she's not driving super aggressively and she's just not going to stop, I think we call it off before we get too close to the compact city area, if state wouldn't pursue it, there's no reason for us to continue.
02:32
All right, we're living, go.
02:38
D.311 traffic.
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70 Westbound of 61.
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Charles Tom, Mary, Ida, 04.
02:53
So is being driven by an elderly female.
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When she is,
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when they are attempting to stop her, she turns her flashers on and she's not stopping.
03:03
No one is pursuing at this point.
03:04
Pickle was asking going 16-045, still westbound on Highway 50.
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It's played out in Mexico, Chihuahua, plate number (number withheld).
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Information only 1618.
03:18
She could all be in route to animal services.
03:25
3213. Go ahead.
03:28
Any units that are thinking about trying to get involved in this, sounds like she won't stop, so just keep an eye out, but I'm guessing she may be headed up, possibly, St.
03:41
Mary.
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Crawford.
03:49
Go ahead.
03:52
Fifth in Colorado, Crenshaw is at Fifth in Maine, just to make sure that she doesn't blow through the intersections.
03:58
Other than that, we're not going to pursue or anything like that.
04:04
Copy.
04:08
Leonezarin commercial burglary alarm,
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Lincoln Park, 1340, Gunnison Avenue, for a general burg and trade exit alarm,
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formationally, 16, 20.
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26, 46.
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2671.
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2671 on PD primary.
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71, I'm sorry about that, just wanted to advise that we no longer have eyes on the vehicle, we just let it go.
04:38
I think it continued Westbound on Highway 50, which we turned on, you know, we...
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