Driver in red truck follows box truck with no license plate, Mesa AZ
TrafficA driver of a red Ford Ranger with a large flag is following a box truck without a license plate. The reporting party believes the box truck's driver is inexperienced and driving erratically. Despite being told to stop following, the driver continues to follow the box truck as both vehicles travel westbound on University Drive and then southbound on Val Vista Drive in Mesa, Arizona. Police are monitoring the situation near Main Street and Broadway.
Audio|Source: Mesa Police Department Red Mountain Patrol District
03:8
Transcript:
00:00
Omega-34, can you copy a 585 Higley, University?
00:04
Wembeakley, 34.
00:07
36.
00:10
In the Higlin University, Europe is intentionally following a vehicle.
00:14
They're currently headed westbound on University.
00:17
The RP is in a red ranger with a large flag on the back window, and they're following a box truck with no license plate, the driver of the Hispanic male.
00:32
It actually sounds that the RP is the one being intentionally followed, not the other way.
00:47
At 585, I'm gonna see if you can stop at the Red Mountain Substation. They're at University and Greenfield right now.
00:57
Realtime, are you on Channel 3?
01:01
Real time. Okay,
01:03
do you have any cameras at University and Greenfield? We have an RP and a red ranger with a large flag on the back window being followed by a box truck.
01:12
They should be in the Westbound lane.
01:17
Room time, copy, I'll look.
01:23
The Maker 33, 21016, updated Code 4[1] on Gilbert.
01:31
67784, thank you.
01:33
10.07.
01:39
Roan time you sit there or a west down?
01:43
7.4.
01:45
EARP is refusing to stop following.
01:48
He thinks that the box truck is 646, so he's saying the driver of the box truck is an inexperienced driver and going on the yellow line.
01:59
They're now at Valdesan University.
02:00
I told him to stop following, but he's not listening.
02:04
No time, Kathy, they're going to turn stuff down on VALVista from you.
02:16
R.P. thinks that the truck is 646 because it's missing a license plate.
02:25
Real time, both those vehicles are still southbound on the VALVista approaching Main Street and the curb link. Can't copy you?
02:38
Real time, just to clarify the RPs in the red Ford Ranger.
02:43
That's 10-4[2].
02:47
Copy. They're waiting at the light for southbound, that main.
02:53
Copy.
02:54
A long time reference I call the box truck got permission and it's continuing southbound through Main Street approaching Broadway.
03:05
The Red Fort Ranger is still behind it.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Code 4: No further assistance needed; situation under control.
[2]
10-4: Acknowledgment—message received and understood; affirmative or OK.
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Location mentioned:
N Val Vista Dr & E University Dr, Mesa, AZ 85213
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