officers investigate downed wires near North Sedgwick Street, Chicago IL
Road ClosureOfficers found downed wires in an alley near 1817 North Sedgwick Street. It is unclear if the wires are electrical or city utility wires. The wires are connected to poles, and one wire is on the ground without sparking. The call taker contacted the power company to investigate.
Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 04
01:36
Transcript:
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We found the wires in the alley near 1817 North Sedgwick Street.
00:06
1817 over subject.
00:09
It is connected to some horizontal wires, but I'm not sure if they're connected to a power source.
00:21
Okay.
00:22
Are they sparking or anything?
00:26
They're not sparking, but there's one wire that's on the ground.
00:36
Okay.
00:42
There's a person threatening suicide near 1000 West North Avenue in front of the best eye.
00:46
A 70-year-old male is threatening to kill himself.
00:50
He's actually going to be in front of the CVS near 1814.
00:52
1814.
00:54
1814. 1814.
01:01
I'm going to make this in 19 fall for now, after you made your notifications of whatever,
01:10
streets and sand or what have you.
01:12
We're not going to sit around this, so we're going to confirm with 1810.
01:16
Okay, 10th.
01:17
So the call taker had them call ComEd.
01:20
Can you tell if it's ComEd wires or if it's city wires?
01:25
I can't tell, there's a whole bunch of wires.
01:28
And at some point they're connected to the wood poles.
01:32
And it's connected to the whole slew of wires, but I can't really tell.
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Location mentioned:
Near N Sedgwick St, Chicago, IL 60614
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