Intoxicated man with knife threatens safety in complex, Mesa AZ


An intoxicated man in his early 30s was shirtless and armed with a knife in a residential complex near the pool area at near West Guadalupe Road. He threatened public safety and ignored police commands. During the incident, he sustained a sliced hand before being taken into custody.
Audio|Source: Mesa Police Department Fiesta Patrol District
02:43
Transcript:
00:00
Just the advice, RP is calling from the pool area near unit 1085, seeing if the male is back and his shirt is off and he's walking northbound in the complex on the west side.
00:09
Kathy, he's walking right towards us.
00:11
Okay. Okay. Does she see him in the parking lot on the west side? We're in the clubbed.
00:15
Do I say that he's walking northbound inside the complex?
00:18
It's going to be a white male early 30s, Jim shorts, 510, average bill, Sandy Blountair?
00:23
Can you have me to that, please?
00:24
Never. That's just that might be coming your way.
00:26
Perfect.
00:27
Hey, we go. Hey, man. Just drop the knife.
00:29
Give us a channel. Channel 1 is 103 for Sam Adam 11 at near West Guadalupe Road for 423[3].
00:36
Traffic on 1. Okay, boss, we're coming back around the other way.
00:39
Copy. We may try running back to you guys.
00:44
Boss, we have one going to you and Sanchez and webinar will stay over here.
00:47
Okay. How many do you have with you?
00:49
It's myself and one of right now.
00:50
We're moving over to a different area behind cover, so we'll just be on his right place.
00:55
If you guys are good and can move up, just let us know we will move up with you.
00:59
Your gun should be pointed or weapons should be pointed down at him, so I don't think we're going to have a crossfire and we'll move up with you, okay?
01:04
We copy that.
01:05
We're ready to move on you.
01:06
Copy, moving.
01:07
July 11, 1 to 10.
01:08
I have you 1 to 10, I'm in 941[1].
01:10
I'm Adam 11, one in custody, code 421[2], 600.
01:12
We'll take some more units just to figure this out, but we can shut down code 1.
01:16
And I have a few units en route to you.
01:17
Also, be advised, we have another RP calling in seeing that there is a male walking eastbound that has his hand sliced up.
01:23
We're out with a male with his hand sliced up and he's the drunk male.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
941: En route to (or at) the scene
[2]
421: Drunk person
[3]
423: Subject with a knife
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Location mentioned:
Near W Guadalupe Rd, Mesa, AZ 85210
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