Report of unsafe driving near fire department

Heard on: Mount Desert Island Public Safety

01:30

This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

00:00

Got a call about a white transit van that has pulled into the kayak place by the fire department.

00:08

Call came in from Acadia National Park.

00:10

Said the driver was on his cell phone manipulating his phone while he was driving down the road and the passenger door was wide open.

00:19

10-3.

00:22

10-4, is it still by the fire department? I'm assuming Southwest Harbor Fire Department.

00:30

Ten four, it pulled into the kayak place beside the fire department on Main Street.

00:35

I believe it's (number withheld).

00:37

I am not positive.

00:39

Okay, ten four.

00:47

Six, Barbara, out.

01:00

This one right here, guys.

01:09

Four hundred and three, Barbara, can you try to make phone contact? Say (name withheld), come out.

01:27

Control 307 , he gave me a plate, but it's coming back not on file.

7/28/2026 01:47 PM

Traffic

Main St, Southwest Harbor, ME 04679

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, officers responded near the Southwest Harbor Fire Department on Main Street for a report of a white transit-style van whose driver was reportedly using a cell phone while driving with the passenger door open. The vehicle had pulled into a nearby kayak business, and officers checked it and a reported license plate that apparently was not on file.