Police manage road closures amid suicide threat, Jersey City NJ
Road ClosurePolice are reopening several streets near Morgan St and Greene St after managing a situation involving a suicidal female at an apartment on Newport Parkway. The female has a history of using kitchen knives on herself and another person. Officers are verifying if weapons are present and coordinating traffic control and emergency support.
Audio|Source: Jersey City Police
06:24
Transcript:
00:00
393. All right, just be advised, we're going to be able to open up Washington Street southbound at 14th and also at Newport Parkway.
00:11
Just have the sixth in Washington maintain that post and still divert them on towards Maron.
00:23
Do you clear from that, Manila first?
00:30
Can you head over to 30 Newport Parkway, 3.0 Newport Parkway? I have it as apartment 3104.
00:38
MC's notified.
00:39
I got this suicidal female, threatening to commit suicide.
00:45
What's the other?
00:51
393, if we can just get a check on the last run in the suite package.
01:00
The westbound at Grove and Columbus.
01:09
They don't worry that's up a bonus.
01:17
All right, East Sergeant, you said that address was 30 Newport Parkway. I'm going to make my way over there. See if you can give them a call back and see if there's any weapons or what are the circumstances with that.
01:32
I've got the call-taker trying to get more information on the line right now.
01:37
Okay, let's see. Thank you.
01:44
Hey, Travis, can we open up Green Street going north from Morgan, the Trump Building, and we can maybe funnel some traffic out north on Green to Washington?
01:58
Yes, sir. Anything on Washington coming north down, we're good.
02:04
I received that.
02:06
Whoever's at...
02:09
Who's ever wrapped Pearl and Green? Just stand by there still breaking everything down, the stage, and everything, so just keep that shut.
02:16
They won't be able to come north yet, but we're going to open up northbound on Green at Morgan.
02:24
Peace Sergeant.
02:27
Peace, Sergeant.
02:30
MC's alleging that they're staging and from the call takers she said that this female has used kitchen knives on herself and the husband in the past.
02:40
ESU, Channel 3.
02:42
Can you do a history check as well?
02:45
It was a suicide call for yesterday.
02:49
And what was the, uh, this ball on that?
02:54
I can only see that there's a call, you can't click into it. Let me see the supervisor.
03:05
All right, let's see, then let's just verify to see if speaking with the husband, if she does have weapons right now,
03:12
and we'll get a notification to the E-Squot as well.
03:18
The MBA on Woodlawn and MOK,
03:20
no injuries.
03:24
Rishi.
03:29
True, Dale, you can make your way north on Washington,
03:32
go to, like, 2nd Street, 4th Street,
03:37
going north, and remove those barricades.
03:44
ESU, Channel 3.
03:50
General file, that's all right.
03:58
Detail from the Weston is on the move.
04:04
No answer for ESU.
04:07
All right, we're Steve. We're making away.
04:18
Planning number units to that as well.
04:21
East 4. East 4.
04:25
I'm going to reroute to. Can you head over to that 30 Newport Parkway, 3.0 Parkway?
04:30
I have it as apartment 3104. It's for a 34-year-old suicidal female, unknown weapons at this time, but she is known to use weapons in the park.
04:42
Yeah, all right, no problem. It's going to be 08 here.
04:47
Right safe.
04:48
Yes, U.S.U., can you head over to 30 in the Port Parkway?
04:52
Please,
04:55
we'll put us on.
05:01
Hey, Travis, just as a check,
05:03
Washington southbound is open until 6, correct? And then divert everything up 6, west on 6?
05:10
That's correct.
05:16
Beck, it's the Lieutenant Raglan.
05:20
Go ahead, Beck.
05:23
Bing and Hudson, good to go? Open it up.
05:30
Yeah, it should be good. So let's go to Morgan.
05:36
Let's go to Morgan in Washington,
05:38
open up in south down on Washington, up to Morgan.
05:45
You got it, sir.
05:54
Detail at Sixth and Wall Drive East.
05:59
Is Washington open by Sixth and Washington?
06:07
Sixth in Washington? That's a negative.
06:10
We're only sending traffic up toward you. It's so close.
06:15
Hey Charlie, you can open up Washington to Morgan now going south.
06:23
Receive that.
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Morgan St & Greene St, Jersey City, NJ 07302
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