Large group riding bikes eastbound creating hazard, Louisville KY
Disorderly ConductA large group of individuals was riding bikes eastbound on Broadway and nearby streets. They were causing a public safety hazard and blocking traffic. Officers were trying to intercept and contain the group near St. Anthony Place, Barrett Avenue, and the skate park area by coordinating their movement and attempting to get them to stop in one location.
Audio|Source: Louisville Metro Police 3 - Divisions 1 and 2
07:19
Transcript:
00:00
Hi, we're trying to catch up and get that you ready with you. Well, I was over, and where are y'all at?
00:06
I'm at near 26th and Broadway right now.
00:12
Anybody else going to the group of their bikes on Broadway in the first?
00:18
I'm Charlie. We're on magazine, passing 1-5. We can see him going east on Broadway.
00:26
We're trying to have me to that.
00:30
For Charlie, if you did.
00:36
Still east, they're passing near 12th Street now.
00:44
Police now, they're still turning through traffic.
00:46
Pass at 9, come up on 8.
00:52
Some of them are circling around, the 500 block, they're just circling back to the main part of the group.
00:59
They're stopped at near 5th and Broadway.
01:04
And continue with east.
01:09
One, send to Air 30. Is your down link on talking like that.
01:13
It should be.
01:21
We're at near 3rd Broadway,
01:24
uh, continue the east, some on the sidewalk, some on the road.
01:33
See out of radio?
01:35
2-3-10. It's an immune-clerall and we'll start for Virginia.
01:41
Also, if you can take a CO to just leave that run on site, Chris out, but she's going to keep calling normal CFI on her.
01:49
I'm okay, 219.
01:53
Beown, diesel, Gion.
01:56
I have 1335.
01:57
Sorry,
02:01
sorry, I don't have fifth umbrella. What's your piano?
02:08
If we can get them stop and huddled up somewhere, I'm in this unmarked, I'll try to get in front of them, cut their access off. They're going to scatter, but they're creating a nuisance in a public safety hazard by being on the roadway doing that, so we can try to get a few of them.
02:23
Okay.
02:25
If we'll just be close, we'll activate our equipment.
02:28
Whoever we can get, we'll get.
02:34
We're still east coming up on Jackson Street.
02:41
71 Baker radio I'm on the scene.
02:44
The Lutheran Church ended up to be on the ride and double.
02:48
It just went by.
02:53
171 Baker on scene of Broadway.
02:56
Some of the running double passed you on Broadway at 50s.
03:03
Still, Lee, just passed Barrett.
03:33
It's going to be on an Audi,
03:35
Kentucky, David Charlie Mike, it's custom packed.
03:38
Engine's still warm.
03:40
All the front doors are secure. I'm going to try the size now.
03:44
Okay, all I got was David Charlie, Mike, was there anything else?
03:48
Oh man, that's it.
03:53
This group's circling it.
03:55
The block.
03:56
They're on St. Anthony Place, about to come back out on Barrett Avenue.
04:02
They're going under like Old Mercy High School.
04:10
There's stop underneath the Pedway where Old Mercy was, but some are moving, some aren't.
04:18
And they're going east on Barrett towards this.
04:21
But the majority of them are staying underneath this pedway.
04:27
I'm not Barrett and Broadway right now.
04:31
I'm gonna right O'Mara, then left on St.
04:33
Anthony Place, he'll see them.
04:38
While we're trying to catch up to you. Give us just a minute so there's a few of us there to try to address the ones that are there. Air 30, how many of them are there?
04:45
They're all gone now. They're West Olberra towards Broadway.
04:49
Earlier count, I think I was 17 of them.
04:51
One may have went a different way, but the majority's still together.
05:00
131d radio you can clear me out head up the roadway
05:05
171 days from west about to go in front of goodwill I see him just let them keep going guys let air 30 get with them until they gather back up he's pointing like they're going to go north right here one of them
05:19
north on Campbell one continued west but majority go north on Campbell
05:27
At East El Grey, sorry, West El Grey.
05:33
Maybe going skateboard.
05:38
North, Will and Chile?
05:44
Are they'll let you get in front of me,
05:46
if you're about to come up here.
05:48
I think the majority is still in Broadway. I got two,
05:52
one child clay from Campbell,
05:54
about to pop out over here by the hospital.
06:02
Alright, we're trying to stay close, but out of sight,
06:06
so we can give them a chance to stop, so we can try to box them.
06:11
Another group turned northbound.
06:14
I don't know, this is, Sandcock, what it is, but they're headed up towards Slugger Stadium kind of direction.
06:25
I'm sorry, Charlie, do you switch to seven? Molly and Clay.
06:31
About to come out on Liberty.
06:36
What's up, Charlie, are you okay, I'm switching to seven for me?
06:41
Yeah,
06:44
kind of turned around right here, so I may have made a wrong turn.
06:55
If I'm on Liberty, I just crossed over Clay.
06:59
They're right here by, um,
07:03
right here by Kosair. I'm going down towards a skateboard.
07:12
All right, let's just form up somewhere around the skate park, closed outside, and if they gather up as top of there, then we'll get a plan to pull in there.
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Dave Armstrong Extreme Park, 531 Franklin St, Louisville, KY 40202
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