Intoxicated man threatens to enter traffic, Tucson AZ


The audio records officers describing a man who appears intoxicated and confused near East Speedway. He cannot answer basic questions and mentions past trauma. Officers say he has been moving between the bike lane and median and repeatedly tries or threatens to enter traffic, creating a hazard. They discuss less-lethal options. The man is described as in his 40s wearing a black shirt and jeans; a staff member identified in the audio is shown as (name withheld).
Audio|Source: Tucson Police Dispatch
02:57
Transcript:
Can you go ahead and start match for this male? He's conscious, not very coherent, probably highly infocated around 1801, and he can't answer the basic questions like what year it is and all that. We'll be on the south side of the complex stills. I got me. Thank you, 30. And you know, looks like (name withheld) now talking to the desk, he's expressed he's relieving the trauma from Youngstown shooting in 1990. He said it that he thought the little girl was being kidnapped when he saw her running, took the child, don't let her go when she started screaming, rebelling that he thought the child was being abused and then hung up on the desk. It'll be 1081 on near East Speedway. Clear the area will you not are sighting. Let's move on to three side. Do you guys have less lethal back there and what least lethal do you have? Open Lincoln Fiver are back here and we've got a 40 as well. 104 things. Keeps going back and forth between the median and bike lane. They're trying to intentionally jump into traffic. Well, when you're 5'7. 10.10 is going to be Tucson in Valencia. The white male 40s wearing a black shirt and denim jeans. I mean, one of the complaints actually stepped out with him, and that's when the subject threatened to dump the traffic, and he's been observed doing this with multiple vehicles going back and forth between the pipeline and the median. 1050. 56, I'll be switching to A3. 1950.
Can you go ahead and start match for this male? He's conscious, not very coherent, probably highly infocated around 1801, and he can't answer the basic questions like what year it is and all that. We'll be on the south side of the complex stills. I got me. Thank you, 30. And you know, looks like (name withheld) now talking to the desk, he's expressed he's relieving the trauma from Youngstown shooting in 1990. He said it that he thought the little girl was being kidnapped when he saw her running, took the child, don't let her go when she started screaming, rebelling that he thought the child was being abused and then hung up on the desk. It'll be 1081 on near East Speedway. Clear the area will you not are sighting. Let's move on to three side. Do you guys have less lethal back there and what least lethal do you have? Open Lincoln Fiver are back here and we've got a 40 as well. 104 things. Keeps going back and forth between the median and bike lane. They're trying to intentionally jump into traffic. Well, when you're 5'7. 10.10 is going to be Tucson in Valencia. The white male 40s wearing a black shirt and denim jeans. I mean, one of the complaints actually stepped out with him, and that's when the subject threatened to dump the traffic, and he's been observed doing this with multiple vehicles going back and forth between the pipeline and the median. 1050. 56, I'll be switching to A3. 1950.
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Location mentioned:
Near E Speedway Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85748
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