Man on scooter in mental distress rides near Largo store, Largo FL


Police are monitoring a male on an electric scooter who appears to be in mental distress near the intersection of Ulmerton Road and Belcher Road by a Dollar Tree store in Largo, Florida. The individual is not stopping for officers and has a history of mental health intervention. Officers are maintaining distance while following him.
Audio|Source: Largo Police Department
05:19
Transcript:
00:00
Please be a male on a scooter.
00:01
Hold the airwalled is just getting the area.
00:03
I got me. You want the channel?
00:05
Yeah, we just give it to us.
00:06
We'll get the receiver home-up.
00:08
Do you just have a U.S.
00:11
19? Do we still have a mapping or is it just one type thing?
00:13
One-time ping, possibly on an electric scooter?
00:16
Arbyn's not updating, I'm not sure if it's going to be accurate.
00:19
Four-six one will be ready.
00:21
Copy, 447570, I sent you to your phone, a picture of what I see on the map.
00:25
Copy, we're a circulate in the combo.
00:26
We're a circuit in the company.
00:27
2582, show me the area.
00:28
Cobb. He's advising he just left the racetrack at Ulmerton if going to have a unit head that way.
00:35
I think you're on the footlist.
00:36
Okay,
00:37
sir. We're just confirming he's actually mapping in Tri-City.
00:41
Carvine keeps snapping in there.
00:42
I'm not sure if there's something wrong with it, because it sounds like he's moving, and this is pretty constant, the ping, and it's been a one-time thing.
00:48
I'm on the way to ring strike.
00:50
He's saying he's on Ulmerton.
00:51
6.30, go to Channel 2.
00:52
Do we say, do we have a direction of travel?
00:54
Possibly westbound.
00:55
He said he's coming up to Ulmerton and Belcher now again, Ulmerton, Belcher.
00:59
From those first shifts that make contact with them, just keep them distance, he's allegedly to have the site.
01:04
He's advising the Dollar Tree on Belcher, Belcher-Ulmerton.
01:08
He's on a scooter.
01:09
He's saying he's on a scooter.
01:10
I'm at Ulmerton and Belcher and I do have a dark skin male.
01:14
It doesn't look Hispanic, but...
01:18
The Ulmerton Belcher is supposed to be there, that area.
01:21
All right.
01:22
Northbound Belcher from Ulmerton, I think I got them on the left side of the street.
01:26
Hi, copy. History of Baker Act[1].
01:29
He's going to be born in 91.
01:30
We do have his DL in the notes as well.
01:32
DLFO showed a full beard must add.
01:36
I got him going northbound on Belcher, coming up to 142nd.
01:41
Copy, Northbound.
01:42
I'm coming up behind you.
01:44
All right, he's just riding along, you have the backpack, ground backpack along the inside lane.
01:51
Yeah.
01:52
He's still crying,
01:53
not stopping.
01:54
Not be crying, not stopping.
01:55
We're recording.
01:56
You just go into King's Maynard?
01:57
This gate, I mean.
01:58
Trouble getting him to answer questions.
02:00
Mr. Howlinson? Copy. Your location?
02:01
Westgate, north entrance up the gate.
02:03
Copy Westgate, north entrance at the gate.
02:04
All right,
02:05
copy, just be advised we have FD rolling as well.
02:07
All units, normal on one, normal on one.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Baker Act: Mental Health Crisis (involuntary mental health evaluation)
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Location mentioned:
Near Ulmerton Rd Suite 340, Largo, FL 33771
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