Woman brandishes folding knife during verbal dispute in Berkeley, Berkeley CA


Police responded to a verbal altercation where a woman was seen brandishing a folding knife attached to her keychain. The woman was last observed walking on foot near Contra Costa Avenue and Solano Avenue in Berkeley, using a stairway to move toward the top of Solano Avenue. Police and fire units were dispatched and placed on standby.
Audio|Source: Berkeley Police and Fire
02:22
Transcript:
00:00
He's not answering questions. It sounds like there's a possible active 415[1] verbal.
00:10
She'll confirm one of the people.
00:15
Affirm.
00:20
Confersa should have a popped tire.
00:27
We're trying to get an updated location now. I'm at Hopkins and Sutter, and that intersection is pretty clear all around.
00:35
Can you start running these plates through flock and see if we can see where they're going? Maybe they went through the tunnel.
00:41
It looks like RC's advising contra constant in Sutter now.
00:49
Just three.
00:51
I don't know if Contra Costa and Sutter Cross, but I'm at Contra Costa and Solano heading northbound. I still don't see anything.
01:03
Maybe it's right here.
01:05
North of Solano on Contra Costa.
01:09
Is this a plate?
01:12
N-A-L-E-429?
01:14
A-Firm.
01:20
Okay, yeah, both parts here, and I can hear the verbal 415[1].
01:26
Copy. It looks like... 10-4[2]. It looks like on Contra Costa walking to Indian Rockway, on foot.
01:37
On foot.
01:42
Just be advised the female half was credding herself and has a folding knife on a key chain.
01:50
It looks like she took the little stairs path,
01:53
which connects Contra Costa to the very top of Solano.
02:01
4-4354. Again, 44, 354.
02:08
She's walking back up the little staircase here.
02:12
Copy.
02:16
Control S3, start BFD this way, have them stage. Okay
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
415: Disturbance or disturbing the peace, including fights, threats, noise complaints, or disorderly conduct.
[2]
10-4: Acknowledgment or affirmative; message received and understood.
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