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Road closure causes traffic reroute on Catalina HwyTucson AZ

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audio iconRoad Closure
Catalina Hwy, Tucson, AZ

As discussed during the dispatch call, law enforcement units coordinated a planned road closure and traffic diversion near Catalina Highway in Tucson. Traffic in several directions was temporarily shut down and redirected into nearby parking areas to manage the closure. No injuries or hazards were reported.

Audio|Heard on: Tucson Police Dispatch
Listen to dispatch call
02:26
Transcript:
00:00
Five, we'll need a unit to shut down help.
00:03
Shut down southbound. I think the best we can do is divert them into the parking lot to turn right and then go west if a CSL can do that on Catalina Highway.
00:15
Looks like westbound shutdown is covered for what it's worth.
00:20
And then we may need to work on an eastbound shutdown, but I'll work on that later.
00:29
So they're supposed to have been a six-man.
00:36
Found you, you need me to change my vehicle?
00:43
Uh yeah, I'll have you.
00:45
You can cut through not through the scene but somehow cut around to this parking lot and go out to where I said I needed you on Catalina Highway before.
00:59
(Name withheld) just wrote, I'll just do that right now because I'm in a better position.
01:02
Yeah.
01:07
Three seven.
01:09
Three seven.
01:12
Yeah, reference event (number withheld).
01:13
That's going to be out of our jurisdiction.
01:18
The five other own investigators.
01:21
10-4[1], yeah.
01:22
I was trying to confirm with my supervisor they called it, but no.
01:27
(Number withheld).
01:36
District 40.
01:41
District 40?
01:43
Just for your information, I just got notified by one of the desks that (name withheld) has now (number withheld) abandoned self.
01:54
(Number withheld). Do you message me that info?
02:01
Hey, gun.
02:04
Lakeside Park.
02:06
Over.
02:13
R4 Ocean 62.
02:14
(Number withheld), do you guys see any blocks in the house?
02:22
Block the turn lanes on Catalina Highway.
Police codes explained
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment or affirmative—message received, understood, or OK.

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Location mentioned:
Catalina Hwy, Tucson, AZ
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