Puerto Rican Festival, Day #2 (2014)

Good afternoon, everyone, it's 5pm. .

5:00pm - Gang disturbance. 1800 block of N Mozart.

5:19pm - EMS run. Cortland and Western. CTA bus #6487 has an injured passenger on the bus who hurt their left arm.

5:42pm - 1) Vicious animal. 18XX N Humboldt. Caller’s mom was bitten by a pit bull. 2) Beat car 1434 needs a wagon at the 5:19pm job. They need to take this person to the hospital for a psychological evaluation. Beat 1471 is coming over.

5:44pm - Suspicious person. Hoyne and Crystal. Male with a blue polo shirt has a coat hanger, trying to open up a door on a purple car.

5:49pm - Beat 1400XRay is over at the 5:44pm job and is coding it out as a 19P.

6:12pm - Disturbance on 1423’s Beat.

6:38pm - Hold-up alarm. 14XX N Maplewood. General.

6:43pm - Beat 1480 says that Beats 1481Charlie and 1481David will be on a special attention on the 2700 block of W Division.

6:53pm - Beat 4314Boy needs a transport unit at Kedzie and North Ave. Beat 1472 is coming over.

6:54pm - Disturbance. 1904 N Western. Female customer refusing to leave the Subway.

7:03pm - Found property. 15XX N California. TMA found a knife.

7:08pm - Criminal trespass in progress. 20XX 1/2 W Pierce. Three people in the parking lot of the private business, they shouldn’t be back there.

7:17pm - A unit says someone on a bike was hit by a car at Concord and Milwaukee Ave. EMS is needed and a paper car for the report as well. Beat 1494 is being sent over by Dispatch.

7:22pm - Fireworks and parkers on 1423’s Beat.

7:35pm - Person wanted. 26XX W Crystal. Male Hispanic, 29 years old, tattoos on the face, last seen wearing a white t-shirt and blue navy shorts is on the scene. He’s wanted under RD number of HX296476 in regards to stealing the caller’s cell phone. He’s known to carry a gun.

7:40pm - 1494 is pulling an RD number from the 7:17pm accident. It’s HX302268 with the event number of 14503.

7:44pm - Criminal trespass in progress. 18XX N California. Two male Hispanics wearing black just entered a vacant building.

7:47pm - 1494 is headed into 14 to finish the report.

8:06pm - Beat 1462Adam has a street stop at California and Wabansia.

8:10pm - Battery in progress. Cortland and Spaulding. Five people fighting on the corner.

8:15pm - A slow down is being given on the 8:10pm job.

8:24pm - Person calling for help. 26XX W Homer. Neighbor is screaming for help on the 1st floor.

8:26pm - Fireworks. Artesian and Hirsch.

8:34pm - I’m going to go eat. I’ll be back soon.

8:51pm - I’m back. Good evening everyone. Went to the festival this evening (thus the reason why this post is up so late) and will have a post on it by Sunday.

8:53pm - Some disturbances on 1423’s Beat after their lunch.

8:56pm - 1480 needs a unit to help a citizen with getting into their car.

8:59pm - Narcotics. 32XX W Crystal. Selling.

9:06pm - Assault in progress. Humboldt and Division. Large group of teens headed towards the Lagoon on Humboldt getting ready to fight.

9:07pm - Beat 6732Adam is with the large group from the 9:06pm job. Also, Beat 1400, 14th District, is reporting that a big group of Latin Kings are walking towards Humboldt on Division.

9:33pm - Gang disturbance and selling on the 20 sector in 14.

9:37pm - Beat car 1422 is going down on a gang suppression mission under event number 07965.

9:41pm - Shots Fired. 18XX N Whipple. One shot heard.

9:43pm - Gang disturbance. 16XX N Washtenaw. 20 of them on the block.

9:44pm - Burglar alarm. 34XX W Potomac.

9:48pm - Beat 6761Eddie has a street stop at 2653 W North Ave. Running three I.D’s. Event number is 17505.

9:49pm - 1422’s getting some stuff on their Beat.

10:20pm - All units working the festival must switch their radios to Zone 3.

10:35pm - Beat 1450 says that all of the perimeter foot units working the fest as well as the wagons are now released. The radios need to be turned in. 1450 thanks all units for their help tonight.

10:36pm - Beat 6736 needs officers to pay attention on Division from Homan to Kedzie. He’s initiating a “zero tolerance” policy, to lock all of the people out there. This is because there’s a large crowd of people throwing bricks out there.

10:37pm - Car 43 is saying that the Mobile Gang Enforcement Area Saturation teams neither the 14th District Tactical units are released yet. They must stay at the festival.

10:50pm - Command Post is asking that all units that had activity at the festival call them.

10:51pm - Gang disturbance. North and California. Group running in the street throwing gang signs.

10:52pm - Traffic accident. Kimball and Wabansia. Car VS bicyclist, EMS is en route.

10:54pm - Assault in progress. 17XX N Drake. Caller’s brother is about to get into a fight with a known male, they’re screaming at each other.

10:55pm - 1) Beat 6739 has about 60 people near the corner at Wabansia and Washtenaw, they’re breaking up a bit but still out there. A few units are going, including Beats 1462 and 6733Charlie. 2) Beat 6732Charlie has a street stop at 3200 W LeMoyne.

10:58pm - Disturbance. 27XX W LeMoyne. Four people screaming at the top of their lungs, they sound drunk.

12:00am - I’m going to go for the night. I should be back on Sunday or sometime next week. I did go to the Puerto Rican Fest.