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Driver ran stop sign and caused verbal disputeVan Meter IA

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Elm St & Wilson St, Van Meter, IA 50261

A driver failed to stop at a stop sign and nearly hit a child, causing a verbal dispute. The caller suspected the driver was intoxicated. The vehicle, described as a red or maroon Jeep, was last seen near Elm and Wilson Street in Van Meter. The caller wished to remain anonymous and was uncooperative.

Audio|Source: Dallas County Sheriff, Fire and EMS, Perry Police
01:42
Transcript:
00:00
Doing some sort of traffic complaint or dispute down in Van Meter around Elm and Wilson Street.
00:06
Caller is very agitated.
00:07
He is not wanting to give us any information name or phone number-wise.
00:12
But he advised that somebody ran a stop sign and almost hit his son and then they got a dispute.
00:17
I believe this driver was intoxicated.
00:20
We're still gathering.
00:21
Have more?
00:33
Is the complaint vehicle still on scene or all pretty separate?
00:42
37 on that, have a complaint in Van Meter, the caller wanted to remain anonymous.
00:47
Didn't seem like he was on scene, but was able to tell me that the vehicle was.
00:50
So, to south-west corner intersection,
00:53
red or maroon-colored Jeep, rank, or style vehicle.
00:57
10-4[1].
00:59
Use a park there or a turn there?
01:02
He said it's, he's, correct, in college, stated it was still there at either an apartment complex or church around the southwest and corner of the intersection.
01:13
10-4[1].
01:17
3-7-0.
01:22
Good.
01:28
Just be advised we did find an identification for your caller,
01:32
even though he wants to remain anonymous.
01:34
Your information was uncooperative and confrontational.
01:37
Time for. I'll go see if I can find the vehicle on my contact with the driver.
01:41
Okay.
Police codes explained
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment or confirmation that a message was received and understood.

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Elm St & Wilson St, Van Meter, IA 50261
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