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Man waving sword in public near Broadway and RedondoLong Beach CA

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E Broadway & Redondo Ave, Long Beach, CA 90803

A man described as transient was seen walking near Broadway and Redondo waving a two-foot sword or machete. Police officers confirmed he was holding a katana type weapon. No victim was reported, and the scene was declared safe.

Audio|Source: Long Beach Police Dispatch
03:12
Transcript:
00:00
Item 11, a closer unit authorized, quote 3, 417[1] near Redondo and Broadway, Broadway, and Redondo.
00:11
The 417[1] atom with a sword or machete that's being waved around walking.
00:16
Going southbound, Redondo from Broadway to 647F transient, male black.
00:21
He's was shoveled in the 30s.
00:23
It has a bag around his shoulders, two of units backing.
00:39
Adam 20, a copy code for Adam and then walking around the area.
00:42
The rest is low volume.
00:43
Can you tonight?
00:48
I'm 20, sorry, I copied the code for Adam and walking around, was there further?
00:57
16, welcome on force.
01:02
Further for each inch into the 470s, Adam.
01:05
The subject appears to be transient and keeps putting it in and out of a sheet, and that is also being held in one hand.
01:11
It's a sorter, machete, it's about two feet long.
01:15
CP thinks that he felt front as 217 Redondo and standing front of a power pole.
01:24
Do we have a victim on this?
01:27
The CP. The CP.
01:31
The Cp is not a victim.
01:35
Just saw the subject and called in.
01:41
Further for ECNus, the subject is probably 647F for Actee, mentally unstable.
01:48
He's still waving in a wrong front of 217, Madonna, change the location.
01:51
On 97th area.
01:54
Good a man, a copy, 97 in the area.
01:56
Can you switch?
01:59
97 in the area.
02:02
Nade the area.
02:06
...Milando.
02:11
And it's going to be on Ripondo just north of second on the west side.
02:17
On the north of second on the west side.
02:24
A9A you making contact?
02:29
Contact, use a waving what appears to be a Katana.
02:33
I can't know if it's real or not.
02:35
Stand for our units code red.
02:37
We're down on north of second on the west side.
02:39
Two,
02:43
sound 37.
02:44
7. 737, all speed around.
02:49
4.
02:54
And drop the red, we're code four in six.
02:59
Drop in the red, code four, we're down in the second.
03:02
Okay,
03:06
we're code four, five, six, four.
03:11
I copy your code four at the stick.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
417: Person brandishing or displaying a weapon, typically a gun, in a threatening or dangerous manner.

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E Broadway & Redondo Ave, Long Beach, CA 90803

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