Man erratically runs into traffic with dog in Tucson, Tucson AZ


A man in Tucson was acting erratically in public, shouting and waving. He ran into traffic while dragging his brown medium-sized dog. Police moved to detain him for safety, suspecting a mental health crisis.
Audio|Source: Tucson Police Midtown Division
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Transcript:
00:00
I'm not present at the park but I'm overhead with the drone I see the male they were describing he does have a full beard could possibly be our subject but he's going south from the dog park in that parking lot south of
00:14
3-1, I've got it.
00:15
We have two units that I've said, uh, go-chat.
00:17
He's walking his dog now out towards, uh, out towards Country Club.
00:21
There's a chance that could be him, because I think we heard a dog when he first got here and I haven't heard it since.
00:25
And he's still shouting and waving around to no one in particular, but he's running out in front of traffic and dragging his dog behind him.
00:31
He is eastbound.
00:32
He's crossed Country Club.
00:34
If we need a break two away from this scene, we can hold on in the announcements for now.
00:37
We're going to be on East Beverly.
00:38
Easy for Toby or not to that from Code 13[2].
00:41
Go for.
00:42
Very erratic behavior does have something in his right hand dog on leash on the left.
00:48
Adam 26, the dog is a brown, medium-sized dog named Cody.
00:52
Ten for it's a brown dog white legs.
00:54
He's got something in each hand.
00:57
Copy. We have our Tom unit and also 1-5 is going to go with them.
01:01
They're going to have a left-week-old with them.
01:02
We're going to be on the south side of Beverly, walking west from the bar.
01:07
11. I just sent out a picture of our subject to all officers involved in the call.
01:16
726. Reference the picture.
01:18
He is a little older now.
01:19
Roger 14. You still have visual on him?
01:21
10-4[1] still walking on the sidewalk with the dog westbound on the Beverly.
01:27
Westbound Beverly from where?
01:29
He's in front of near East Beverly.
01:31
7-15. Myself and the Tom unit, three officers total are going to be trying to make contact with them.
01:37
We're approaching from the west, going east.
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Total seven.
01:42
Three-zero two. I'm that's definitely in Country Club.
01:44
I can hold to any side.
01:45
So you want a three-time eleven price.
01:47
You're going to be team leader of that.
01:48
We'll take down over there.
01:49
They have just released the leash.
01:53
The dog is like 30 yards in front of them.
01:59
Point.
02:00
Can you hear you?
02:03
I'm just in front of me on the south side of the street.
02:06
Okay. The dog is loose.
02:07
He's running west.
02:09
We're running east.
02:10
Zebra unit is moving to detain.
02:13
There.
02:14
That one night. We're detaining one. We're detaining one now.
02:15
Near East Beverly.
02:16
I copy when detained, 12 and I...
02:18
Just scrimmed for him, he is detained and you guys are good for?
02:20
For him.
02:21
Copy. Let me know if it's positive.
02:22
Do you think when it's positive, can we start math for him?
02:25
possible excited delirium.
02:27
Alert conscious rating 2820.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgement/Message received
[2]
Code 13: Request for additional units
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Location mentioned:
Near S Country Club Rd, Tucson, AZ 85706
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