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Heard on: Santa Barbara County Sheriff Main Channel · 1/10/2026 09:55 AM
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Sam 52 is requesting backup for a person reportedly armed with a knife near Birch St.
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Code 2[1] or Code 3[2]?
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Officers respond to possible armed person near Birch St
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As discussed during the dispatch call, officers responded to a possible armed person near Birch Street in Guadalupe. Radio traffic included requests for backup after a report of an individual with a knife. Units were dispatched with an emergency (Code 3) and later adjusted to an urgent non-emergency (Code 2) response. The situation involved coordination among multiple responding units.
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