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BCI requested for fire investigation at firehouseJersey City NJ

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audio iconFire & Arson
Mercer St, Jersey City, NJ 07302

As discussed during the dispatch call, officers coordinated a request for the Bureau of Criminal Identification to respond to a firehouse near 250th Avenue to take photographs connected to a previous fire. Parts of the conversation mentioned an evacuation near Suburban Terrace and an unconfirmed report of a person wanted under Megan's Law in the area. No personal identifiers or confirmed arrests were reported.

Audio|Heard on: Jersey City Police
Listen to dispatch call
01:54
Transcript:
00:00
And West One, you have BCI responding, correct?
00:06
Oh, that's a negative.
00:07
This is the 1st request I'm getting.
00:09
You want BCI at the firehouse?
00:12
Yes, ma'am, if you could.
00:13
There's some photos of the post that they wanted to be taken down.
00:18
Okay, give me a sec.
00:25
Up four.
00:30
Four?
00:32
Well, I'm evacuating the area near Suburban Terrace.
00:35
That's near Suburbian Terrace from a third party caller.
00:40
He said there was a person wanted under Megan's Law in the area.
00:43
Gave no name, just that the person wore a black coat and was bald.
00:47
Also wearing army fatigue clothing.
00:54
Do you know?
00:59
I'll text.
01:01
Okay.
01:03
Text, uh, any luck with those two locations?
01:10
It's a negative for Fremont and let me check on Clendenin.
01:16
Two of them.
01:18
See.
01:23
BCI channel two, BCI channel two.
01:30
Yeah, I can respond over to the firehouse on 250th Avenue.
01:34
See the west one car at a firehouse.
01:37
It's going to be for photos of an incident that fire when you're set.
01:44
Okay, what's the phone (number withheld)?
01:48
(number withheld), that's (number withheld).
01:52
Firehouse on 250th Avenue for gas and assist.

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Mercer St, Jersey City, NJ 07302

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