Police pursue impaired driver speeding and running red lights, Weld County CO


Police pursued a light blue Lincoln Town Car suspected of driving under the influence. The driver sped up to 95 mph, ran red lights, and threw a baggie from the vehicle. The pursuit moved through various streets and highways with moderate to light traffic.
Audio|Source: Weld County Sheriff
08:27
Transcript:
00:00
We are still heading on 16th Street, just cost over 47,000.
00:04
Speeds are 40 miles per hour, traffic light.
00:07
75. 12, 212[1], 212, 243[2], do you need a back?
00:09
Okay, special 12.
00:11
Go ahead. The driver is driving very radically, moving in the driver's seat, suspected, under the influence of alcohol and or drugs.
00:23
Copy, you need to back, 212[1].
00:24
Attachments 1-3-2.
00:25
A special 121 attachment is 312, please.
00:28
I just 132.
00:30
7-7-7-7[5].
00:31
Dispatch, we turn west on 20th Avenue.
00:35
We are crossing over 59th Avenue right now.
00:38
7th. Just patch 2.4-2.
00:41
Go. To attach me to 212[1].
00:44
I'm on the 20th Street at 83rd Avenue.
00:46
Okay. This rest two, thank you can't catch me all.
00:50
I'm on Texas and 9th Avenue.
00:51
We're going to head in West on 20th Street.
00:55
We're still heading west on 20th Street.
00:57
Speeds are 70 miles per hour.
01:00
We're coming up to 68th Avenue right now.
01:03
17. Dispatch 212[1] suspect just ran the red light at 71st Avenue.
01:10
1717 traffic.
01:12
27-17.
01:13
We on my 85 off-ram, northbound, Offer 34, Edward Ocean-C-Tolm, Queen-37, Black GMC pickup.
01:22
Yeah, 59. It's back to L212[1].
01:28
We just turned north on 83rd Avenue.
01:32
Speeds are 60 miles per hour, traffic is light.
01:36
Okay. 212[1], 201, Alpia Road Street, 83rd, and about a minute and a half.
01:40
212[1] copies.
01:41
Reginal 2.4-3, I'm behind 212[1].
01:43
Okay. Okay. We're coming up to US 34.
01:45
Okay,
01:46
cool. Dispatch, 1911.
01:47
212[1], 243[2], if you want to focus on pursuit and the MOCO?
01:51
9-11.
01:52
Yeah, go ahead.
01:53
You put me out of detail.
01:54
I board walk park, no need for tracks.
01:55
Dispatch 243[2].
01:57
We're on highway, 34, west south, south of 80th grade.
02:00
8 o'clock. Hey, Hunter.
02:02
2-4-3, you want Johnstone? Just mad to repeat? Do you want John's time to attach? Just advise them for now?
02:10
2 o'clock. Dispatch 243[2] still heading westbound on highway 34 the depotomy at the 90 miles an hour
02:17
Yeah clock.
02:18
Johnson unit three advised county is for shipping of light blue Lincoln Town car 2006 currently highway 34 eighty third a half westbound in the Johnson Jomsome Andrew two copy that one
02:32
Dispast three 253 I'm what large
02:34
Goet. Put me on an animal at large at 28th Avenue and 6th Street, please.
02:39
No.
02:40
Please ask 200. 2,100. See, please advise, whatever county.
02:44
Dispatch on 1714.
02:45
814. 814.
02:46
I don't think I heard you the first time.
02:48
Can you update me on their location right now?
02:50
Scratch two for three just past promontory circle still heading westbound on highway 34 speed 90 miles narrow moderate traffic
02:59
they're going to be westbound highway 34 promontory circle speed through 90 miles an hour light blue Lincoln town car Okay.
03:06
Copy that. Team 311, Dispatch, Venice.
03:08
Code 4[3], waiting for covering.
03:09
802. 8.O2. 14 continuing.
03:12
Do we know what charges are? Was the failure to yield also threw a baggie out of the window and then possibly under the influence as well? Copy.
03:23
Dispatch 2.4.3 will be going south on Highway 257 from Highway 34.
03:28
8807 dispatch.
03:29
Dispatch 12.
03:30
The driver of the vehicle keeps rocking back and forth, left and right.
03:34
No 10887 dispatch.
03:36
Dispatch.
03:37
Just match 243[2].
03:38
Codial south on 257, approaching 37th Avenue.
03:43
Speeds up to 95 miles an hour, light traffic.
03:46
803. Okay, Road 42 at Stockton Street, Gilcast Boy William Henry, Boy 03 Black Toyota Tacoma.
03:55
Take up. Just rush, 251[4].
03:57
Okay, 251[4].
03:58
We're going to be with 212[1], 243[2].
04:01
Do I intend to be calling up for now.
04:03
Did it tell me? Okay. Okay.
04:04
251[4]. What was that?
04:05
Yeah, by the county pursuing a light blue Lincoln town car, southbound 257 from having 344.
04:10
Go ahead and continue calling the traffic now.
04:12
Copy.
04:13
I'm sorry, I didn't catch all that.
04:14
What was that? Dispatch will 212[1].
04:16
Suspect is a vehicle has something in his right hand.
04:19
Unknown, unknown, what is it, what it is? 8.4.
04:23
County will be pursuing a light blue Lincoln Town car, southbound Highway 257 from 37th.
04:29
Correction 37th, that.
04:30
Copy. Those are requiring assistance.
04:32
Negative just advice on this point.
04:33
Probably, thank you.
04:34
243[2], 212[1], 251[4]-7-7.
04:37
Just batch 243[2], we are going east down on 3rd-step street from Highway 1557.
04:43
Speed to up to 50 miles an hour, light traffic.
04:46
1414, 1353.
04:47
Meet me on tax three.
04:48
The offer.
04:49
77, 27, 251[4], go ahead.
04:50
I'll stand by, 62nd.
04:52
7.27, is that's happening?
04:53
We're getting too late in the day to go into any of the city, so kill it at this time as in the city.
04:58
dispatch four finding.
05:00
772.251[4], I didn't copy your last.
05:02
Can you go again?
05:03
Go ahead. Do we have any other updates on counties pursued?
05:06
If we're coming into any of the cities in a highly populated area, go ahead and shut it.
05:11
We'll notify the cities.
05:12
We have a good description of the driver as a vehicle.
05:14
We'll let it go from that.
05:16
Hey, sir, I'm out there.
05:17
Showing on Eastbound.
05:18
They were last Eastbound on 37th Street from Highway 257.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
212: Unit identifier (often assigned to pursuing officer/unit)
[2]
243: Unit identifier (support/secondary unit)
[3]
Code 4: Situation under control (mentioned as status update)
[4]
251: Unit identifier
[5]
7-7-7-7: Possible code for pursuit or status update
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83rd Ave, Colorado
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