Female twirls drill rifle at NJROTC car wash event, Traverse City MI


A female was seen twirling what appeared to be a rifle at a NJROTC car wash event. Officers confirmed the rifles were fake drill rifles and no threat was posed.
Audio|Source: Traverse Bay Area Public Safety
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Centralia is for patrol information in the area of Garfield and Washington. Passerby reports kids having a car wash, I believe, at the elementary school, states there's a female twirling or whipping around a rifle.
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However, the sign also says the car wash is for the MJROTC.
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Not explicitly pointing in to anyone, but twirling it around feels it's not acceptable.
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1143.
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Central K-975.
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Central 227, I'll drive over that way. When I saw them earlier, I looked up in the...
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Click.
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...twirling, so they're fine, but I'll talk to them.
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Central K975.
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K975, go ahead. Click.
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Central for MMR 12, Metro Squad 12, responding priority 2 for the unknown problem at Village at Bay Ridge East, 3850, Scenic Ridge.
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Call came in from an alarm company. They received a medical alert,
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no further info, no room number, other than the East Building. We have gotten these multiple times before, usually a pole cord in a bathroom.
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Central Claire, 1143.
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Center from flight for 6.
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Go ahead.
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Yeah, that's the Kingsley High School, NJROTC. Those are fake.
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I was actually there this morning, make a donation to their car wash.
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They're raising money to make it to Washington, D.C.
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Traverse City, MI
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