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Man with knife reported near tax departmentRochester NY

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E Main St, Rochester, NY 14604

As discussed during the dispatch call, police responded to a report of a man with a knife outside the tax department near East Main Street in Rochester. The man was described as wearing dark clothing and riding a bicycle. Officers coordinated and requested a taser unit, while the area was secured. EMS was staged as a precaution, but no immediate threat was found and the scene was cleared without incident.

Audio|Heard on: Monroe NY Law Dispatch Group Calls
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01:24
Transcript:
00:00
Two 73, go ahead.
00:03
You can send me the menacing information with 243.
00:05
Two 73 and 243, ten-four, sending you to near East Main Street for a male outside the location with a knife in his hand.
00:13
Male wearing dark clothing riding a bicycle.
00:15
Ten-four.
00:17
Genesee 273, got an update that our complainant closed the doors to the tax department.
00:21
Male is just standing near the doorway now.
00:24
Ten-four.
00:26
Two 43, is anyone with a taser?
00:29
Anyone with a taser available to respond to near East Main?
00:33
Ten-four. Lake 111 checking status.
00:36
Where else?
00:37
111, ten-four.
00:39
Patrol 383, I'm coming from Jefferson.
00:42
383, ten-four?
00:45
213.
00:46
213, ten-five. Ten-five, 203.
00:51
Your radio cut out for part of that.
00:52
I got 213 and 03.
00:53
Which job are you taking?
00:55
Hobart Street also.
00:56
The details 213203 for the holdup alarm at Hobart Street.
01:00
Ten-four,
01:02
Tennessee 273.
01:03
Go ahead. I started EMS precautionary to stage for the taser response.
01:07
Is there going to be any need for fire to stage as well?
01:11
No, no need.
01:12
Ten-four.
01:14
Ten-eight 273, I see you pulling up.
01:16
Do you want the air?
01:17
Negative, we're not seeing anybody right now.
01:20
273, ten-four.
01:22
243 can cancel, all right.
01:23
243, ten-five.

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E Main St, Rochester, NY 14604
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