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Multiple Cars Doing Burnouts at Meetup Spot; Driver in Blue Charger Attempted to Flee Officers

2255 Kimberly Pkwy N

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Resolved· Police Clearing Scene

Summary

  • Police in Columbus, Ohio, responded to reports of drag racing and vehicles performing burnouts near S Hamilton Rd and Kimberly Pkwy N. A helicopter identified the meetup location, prompting additional officers to be dispatched to the scene.

Timeline

According to officers, they are preparing to reopen Kimberly Parkway as the situation improves, with only a few cars remaining.

Police are coordinating with incoming units to assist with the felony fleeing incident involving the blue Charger.

Police are clearing Donlyn Court to facilitate the remaining vehicles' departure.

Traffic is flowing smoothly as vehicles exit the area, with the situation expected to clear shortly.

Police are managing traffic flow to prevent vehicles from looping back at Donley.

Police are directing traffic west on Kimberly Parkway to manage congestion. Additional resources are arriving.

Police are considering a new traffic plan to ease congestion on Kimberley Parkway.

Police found keys on the ground near where the suspect fled. The area is being cleared and organized.

According to police, they are ensuring all vehicles leave the area and are checking on officers. The situation is being cleared.

Police are clearing vehicles from the area as the situation stabilizes.

Police report the driver dropped an item while fleeing on foot. Officers are investigating.

The driver of the blue Charger has stopped and is now fleeing southbound on foot. Police are pursuing.

A blue Charger hit a spike strip and is now heading eastbound on 70, dragging something and creating sparks.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:31
Coming over the road with tracks now. Yeah, 20, obviously we're not going to pursue it. Spikes are authorized, though. Alright, you just hit the inside wall. He's burning out on the inside wall, trying to go 70 eastbound. 92, spike successful. Spike successful. Alright, we got a good spike. It's going to continue 70 eastbound. Getting on 70 eastbound. The crew that's coming this way, be careful. I don't know where my spike's at. It might be still under a spark. It does look like he's probably dragging something. Lots of sparks. He's getting on to 70 eastbound.

A blue Charger has fled eastbound towards Hamilton and is now heading northbound. Police are monitoring its movement.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:31
94, blue Charger just took off eastbound towards Hamilton. It's the same Charger that took off for me three days ago. Says enjoy love on the on the back plate. We have it. We watched it. It's on video. They're northbound Hamilton Road at this time. We'll stay with this car. Give me a second. He's going northbound right about getting to go over the bridge. We're calling it out. We got it. They're northbound.

Police are directing units to a location south and west of Eastpoint Drive to manage the situation.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:20
144. 144, go ahead. I'll need code 4 for my post. Can you put me out here with S20 going towards the Toys R Us lot? Copy. Yeah, just be advised, it is not the Toys R Us lot. It is south and west from there on the other side of East Point Drive to that car.

Additional units have been requested to help clear the parking lot as vehicles begin to leave.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:05
92-1, we're out here on the lot. If everybody's headed where they need to be, we need some more cars in here to start pushing these people out.

Police are ready to take enforcement action if necessary, but will allow peaceful departures.

Columbus PD PTAC 2A · 0:31
What'd you do to my channel? They're about to go in on all the people. So you got everybody set up by location, changed everybody who is saying they're somewhere. Almost all these guys have spikes set up and ready. S20, S9 said no pursuit, but if they leave peacefully, don't do anything, take enforcement if needed. And it looks like they're about to get in, so you can have all the fun. Wonderful. Thank you.

The helicopter is coordinating with officers to cover potential exit routes as vehicles begin to leave.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:31
Yeah, chopper, I think we got people set up everywhere that you've called out. Yeah, to the car that's on Donwood, if you want to go to the drive that's just to the west, just on the other side of that separation there and go to the north, that might help you out. The one where this car is exiting right now? No, I don't see anybody exiting. Let's see. I might have you in two different locations here. Yeah, I see it. 91, yeah, so... Or the...

Police are closing an intersection to manage the situation as vehicles begin to leave the area.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:24
S9, I'm not completely in the handle for that, I'm going to shut down the intersection. Copy, thanks. Yeah, we'll see how they handle it. Like I said, I don't really, we'll see how this goes. Hopefully it just, they leave, but unfortunately that's not typically the case. 992 to 143, what's your ETA for the westbound ramp, excuse me, the ramp they take to leave? 143, I'm here to back, you can shut it down.

Officers are directing vehicles to exit via Eastpoint Drive to better manage traffic flow.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:17
And you want to go northbound? Yeah, it might be easier, better to control if we can flush them out, make their exit East Point Drive rather than Kimberley Parkway where it's a lot busier.

Police are managing traffic at Hamilton and Kimberly to prevent potential collisions due to a malfunctioning light.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:19
90, there's a few of us at Kimberley and Kimberley. We have this bike set up just in case as well. Yeah, I don't know, somebody, if that light isn't working, one of those cars might want to go over to Hamilton and Kimberley and turn their lights on just at least to stop the cross traffic to avoid a 5 here.

Police are aware of a flashing traffic light at Hamilton and Kimberly, which may affect vehicle movement.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:14
821. Which unit was that? 821. Hey, just FYI, the light at Hamilton and Kimberly is flashing. So, if these idiots all start running, there's going to be a 5 there. Copy. It looks like we just got that run sent up as well. 730's been advised.

Spike strips have been successfully deployed near the Hamilton area to prevent vehicles from fleeing.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:31
9092. Go ahead. Hey, we're going to stage a round, uh, Hamilton 70 area. Spikes are going to be deployed over there. We'll get the takedown cars. Spikes are successfully deployed. Copy. Yeah, if one car wants to take the 70 eastbound entrance and the other can take the 70 westbound entrance, that'd work too. We've got one for 70 eastbound. If somebody wants to hop over to westbound. I'm at 70 eastbound right now. Yep, we got one at eastbound. We have one that wants to go over to westbound. 43.

Police will take enforcement action against any vehicles that deviate from the orderly departure.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:15
Yeah, S20, I copy that. So, like I said, if they're leaving in an orderly fashion, we can get there. I'm good with that. Anybody that deviates from that, let's try and take enforcement action. We obviously are not going to pursue any of these vehicles, folks.

According to officers, vehicles are beginning to leave the area in an orderly manner. The helicopter will monitor any rule-breaking.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:21
91, I'll take Kimberley and Johnley. 91, Kimberley and what? Johnley. Yeah. Yeah, S20, when we show them that they all start kind of scattering and filtering out on their own, orderly and legally, I'm fine with that. Chopper, if anybody kind of breaks those rules, keep eyes on them, we'll hold them, and then we'll take force in action.

Police are considering deploying additional units to cover wider streets near the meetup spot.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:18
90, I'll take Kimberly and Kimberly. Copy. Yeah, you might, these are kind of wider areas. I don't know how much or what kind of resources we have available since this is kind of a pop-up thing, but we might need two cars at each location. Just, it's, they're pretty wide streets.

Police are coordinating to cover both eastbound and westbound routes with spike strips.

Columbus PD PTAC 2D · 0:12
Hey, if anybody else has spikes, if you want to try to get 70 westbound, if I go eastbound, that way we can have both of those covered. Yeah, I don't have a...

Police estimate around 100 cars and a similar number of people at the meetup spot. More officers are en route.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:30
I'd estimate there to be 50 to 100 cars, probably closer to 100, and at least that many people standing about. Chopper, I copy that. Radio, let's go ahead and start a few more cars over there. I copy. 100, I'm en route. 99, you can code 4, you can add me. Yeah, if you guys want, we can call a car out for you, if you're wanting to try that, or just kind of give us a little bit of a heads up.

Officers are monitoring potential exit routes from the parking lot to prevent vehicles from fleeing.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:31
4265 East. Yeah, your entry and exits, they really can only come in and out of the parking lot off of Kimberly Parkway East. From there, they can either use East Point Drive to get out to Hamilton or go out onto Kimberly Parkway proper. I suppose if they went around the backside, they could also get out there on Tomlin Court as well. But, yeah, it's like the parking...

A group of 10 to 20 motorcycles is exiting onto Hamilton, monitored by police.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:31
S20, do we have any freeway in the city marked in? Not that I see on the board yet, but I'll see if everybody can air for them. Third shift freeways, been trying to work these. I don't think they're in yet. Okay. Radio, go ahead and add me to that, and I'll head over there. We'll take a stab at it, see what we can do. Alright, got a group of motorcycles, probably 10 to 20, exiting from East Point Drive out onto Hamilton. We'll stay with the...

Officers are coordinating to deploy spike strips if any vehicles attempt to flee the scene.

Columbus PD PTAC 2D · 0:13
I think when you guys go in, I'm going to try to go ahead. And if somebody takes off from me, then I'll just spike it if you give me a direction of travel. Okay, we copy.

Officers are prepared to assist with enforcement if vehicles attempt to evade officers.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:11
And when cars come in the area, if anybody wants to do enforcement action on that, we'd be happy to help if they decide that they don't want to stop.

The helicopter is monitoring the situation and communicating updates to officers on the ground.

Columbus PD PTAC 2A · 0:04
Chopper is talking about 91's run. Okie dokie.

Police are planning to use spike strips to stop vehicles attempting to flee the area.

Columbus PD PTAC 2D · 0:22
We got to be strategic about this so I can set up spikes in a good spot. You got to do some like sleight of hand shit where you distract them. Exactly, and anybody that takes off, I can spike them. I'm trying to see if they're going to try to hit 70 or go back up Hamilton.

Additional officers are heading to the meetup spot to address the drag racing activity.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:30
Hey, radio, do you know if anybody's working these meetups for night? I have not heard of anyone at this time. Alright. I know Freeway tends to work them from time to time, but you've got to air up for them. Copy that. Any available Freeway on this air? 91. 91. 2 Victor, you can have me heading that way. 91, I copy. Copy, 93 will go along as well. It's going to be in the area of Donlon Court and Kimberly Parkway. Thank you.

A helicopter has located the meetup spot where several cars are doing burnouts, with people nearby.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:30
Alright, chopper to 2, we located your meetup. It's actually going to be at 2255 Kimberley Parkway. It's not the Toys R Us lot, but yeah, there's several cars out there. They're doing burnouts. People are standing around it. Copy. Yeah, people are jumping out of the way with this pickup here that's doing the burnouts. Our pin is showing...

The address reported for this incident has changed to 2255 Kimberly Pkwy N.

An additional report indicates that multiple vehicles are doing burnouts in a nearby parking lot.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:24
Trapper to 2. Trapper, go ahead. Yeah, we're not far off from Kimberly and Hamilton. We'll check out. Alright, copy that. There was also a 16 that I duped into it that was multiple vehicles doing burnouts in the area. Looked like the old Toys R Us parking lot. Copy that. 203, I'm on the 5. 203, copy.

Police have received a report of people drag racing in the area.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:06
Hearing 6 information, South Hamilton and Kimberley. People drag, racing in the area.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at S Hamilton Rd & Kimberly Pkwy N.

According to officers, they are preparing to reopen Kimberly Parkway as the situation improves, with only a few cars remaining.

Police are coordinating with incoming units to assist with the felony fleeing incident involving the blue Charger.

Police are clearing Donlyn Court to facilitate the remaining vehicles' departure.

Traffic is flowing smoothly as vehicles exit the area, with the situation expected to clear shortly.

Police are managing traffic flow to prevent vehicles from looping back at Donley.

Police are directing traffic west on Kimberly Parkway to manage congestion. Additional resources are arriving.

Police are considering a new traffic plan to ease congestion on Kimberley Parkway.

Police found keys on the ground near where the suspect fled. The area is being cleared and organized.

According to police, they are ensuring all vehicles leave the area and are checking on officers. The situation is being cleared.

Police are clearing vehicles from the area as the situation stabilizes.

Police report the driver dropped an item while fleeing on foot. Officers are investigating.

The driver of the blue Charger has stopped and is now fleeing southbound on foot. Police are pursuing.

A blue Charger hit a spike strip and is now heading eastbound on 70, dragging something and creating sparks.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:31
Coming over the road with tracks now. Yeah, 20, obviously we're not going to pursue it. Spikes are authorized, though. Alright, you just hit the inside wall. He's burning out on the inside wall, trying to go 70 eastbound. 92, spike successful. Spike successful. Alright, we got a good spike. It's going to continue 70 eastbound. Getting on 70 eastbound. The crew that's coming this way, be careful. I don't know where my spike's at. It might be still under a spark. It does look like he's probably dragging something. Lots of sparks. He's getting on to 70 eastbound.

A blue Charger has fled eastbound towards Hamilton and is now heading northbound. Police are monitoring its movement.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:31
94, blue Charger just took off eastbound towards Hamilton. It's the same Charger that took off for me three days ago. Says enjoy love on the on the back plate. We have it. We watched it. It's on video. They're northbound Hamilton Road at this time. We'll stay with this car. Give me a second. He's going northbound right about getting to go over the bridge. We're calling it out. We got it. They're northbound.

Police are directing units to a location south and west of Eastpoint Drive to manage the situation.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:20
144. 144, go ahead. I'll need code 4 for my post. Can you put me out here with S20 going towards the Toys R Us lot? Copy. Yeah, just be advised, it is not the Toys R Us lot. It is south and west from there on the other side of East Point Drive to that car.

Additional units have been requested to help clear the parking lot as vehicles begin to leave.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:05
92-1, we're out here on the lot. If everybody's headed where they need to be, we need some more cars in here to start pushing these people out.

Police are ready to take enforcement action if necessary, but will allow peaceful departures.

Columbus PD PTAC 2A · 0:31
What'd you do to my channel? They're about to go in on all the people. So you got everybody set up by location, changed everybody who is saying they're somewhere. Almost all these guys have spikes set up and ready. S20, S9 said no pursuit, but if they leave peacefully, don't do anything, take enforcement if needed. And it looks like they're about to get in, so you can have all the fun. Wonderful. Thank you.

The helicopter is coordinating with officers to cover potential exit routes as vehicles begin to leave.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:31
Yeah, chopper, I think we got people set up everywhere that you've called out. Yeah, to the car that's on Donwood, if you want to go to the drive that's just to the west, just on the other side of that separation there and go to the north, that might help you out. The one where this car is exiting right now? No, I don't see anybody exiting. Let's see. I might have you in two different locations here. Yeah, I see it. 91, yeah, so... Or the...

Police are closing an intersection to manage the situation as vehicles begin to leave the area.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:24
S9, I'm not completely in the handle for that, I'm going to shut down the intersection. Copy, thanks. Yeah, we'll see how they handle it. Like I said, I don't really, we'll see how this goes. Hopefully it just, they leave, but unfortunately that's not typically the case. 992 to 143, what's your ETA for the westbound ramp, excuse me, the ramp they take to leave? 143, I'm here to back, you can shut it down.

Officers are directing vehicles to exit via Eastpoint Drive to better manage traffic flow.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:17
And you want to go northbound? Yeah, it might be easier, better to control if we can flush them out, make their exit East Point Drive rather than Kimberley Parkway where it's a lot busier.

Police are managing traffic at Hamilton and Kimberly to prevent potential collisions due to a malfunctioning light.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:19
90, there's a few of us at Kimberley and Kimberley. We have this bike set up just in case as well. Yeah, I don't know, somebody, if that light isn't working, one of those cars might want to go over to Hamilton and Kimberley and turn their lights on just at least to stop the cross traffic to avoid a 5 here.

Police are aware of a flashing traffic light at Hamilton and Kimberly, which may affect vehicle movement.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:14
821. Which unit was that? 821. Hey, just FYI, the light at Hamilton and Kimberly is flashing. So, if these idiots all start running, there's going to be a 5 there. Copy. It looks like we just got that run sent up as well. 730's been advised.

Spike strips have been successfully deployed near the Hamilton area to prevent vehicles from fleeing.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:31
9092. Go ahead. Hey, we're going to stage a round, uh, Hamilton 70 area. Spikes are going to be deployed over there. We'll get the takedown cars. Spikes are successfully deployed. Copy. Yeah, if one car wants to take the 70 eastbound entrance and the other can take the 70 westbound entrance, that'd work too. We've got one for 70 eastbound. If somebody wants to hop over to westbound. I'm at 70 eastbound right now. Yep, we got one at eastbound. We have one that wants to go over to westbound. 43.

Police will take enforcement action against any vehicles that deviate from the orderly departure.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:15
Yeah, S20, I copy that. So, like I said, if they're leaving in an orderly fashion, we can get there. I'm good with that. Anybody that deviates from that, let's try and take enforcement action. We obviously are not going to pursue any of these vehicles, folks.

According to officers, vehicles are beginning to leave the area in an orderly manner. The helicopter will monitor any rule-breaking.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:21
91, I'll take Kimberley and Johnley. 91, Kimberley and what? Johnley. Yeah. Yeah, S20, when we show them that they all start kind of scattering and filtering out on their own, orderly and legally, I'm fine with that. Chopper, if anybody kind of breaks those rules, keep eyes on them, we'll hold them, and then we'll take force in action.

Police are considering deploying additional units to cover wider streets near the meetup spot.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:18
90, I'll take Kimberly and Kimberly. Copy. Yeah, you might, these are kind of wider areas. I don't know how much or what kind of resources we have available since this is kind of a pop-up thing, but we might need two cars at each location. Just, it's, they're pretty wide streets.

Police are coordinating to cover both eastbound and westbound routes with spike strips.

Columbus PD PTAC 2D · 0:12
Hey, if anybody else has spikes, if you want to try to get 70 westbound, if I go eastbound, that way we can have both of those covered. Yeah, I don't have a...

Police estimate around 100 cars and a similar number of people at the meetup spot. More officers are en route.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:30
I'd estimate there to be 50 to 100 cars, probably closer to 100, and at least that many people standing about. Chopper, I copy that. Radio, let's go ahead and start a few more cars over there. I copy. 100, I'm en route. 99, you can code 4, you can add me. Yeah, if you guys want, we can call a car out for you, if you're wanting to try that, or just kind of give us a little bit of a heads up.

Officers are monitoring potential exit routes from the parking lot to prevent vehicles from fleeing.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:31
4265 East. Yeah, your entry and exits, they really can only come in and out of the parking lot off of Kimberly Parkway East. From there, they can either use East Point Drive to get out to Hamilton or go out onto Kimberly Parkway proper. I suppose if they went around the backside, they could also get out there on Tomlin Court as well. But, yeah, it's like the parking...

A group of 10 to 20 motorcycles is exiting onto Hamilton, monitored by police.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:31
S20, do we have any freeway in the city marked in? Not that I see on the board yet, but I'll see if everybody can air for them. Third shift freeways, been trying to work these. I don't think they're in yet. Okay. Radio, go ahead and add me to that, and I'll head over there. We'll take a stab at it, see what we can do. Alright, got a group of motorcycles, probably 10 to 20, exiting from East Point Drive out onto Hamilton. We'll stay with the...

Officers are coordinating to deploy spike strips if any vehicles attempt to flee the scene.

Columbus PD PTAC 2D · 0:13
I think when you guys go in, I'm going to try to go ahead. And if somebody takes off from me, then I'll just spike it if you give me a direction of travel. Okay, we copy.

Officers are prepared to assist with enforcement if vehicles attempt to evade officers.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:11
And when cars come in the area, if anybody wants to do enforcement action on that, we'd be happy to help if they decide that they don't want to stop.

The helicopter is monitoring the situation and communicating updates to officers on the ground.

Columbus PD PTAC 2A · 0:04
Chopper is talking about 91's run. Okie dokie.

Police are planning to use spike strips to stop vehicles attempting to flee the area.

Columbus PD PTAC 2D · 0:22
We got to be strategic about this so I can set up spikes in a good spot. You got to do some like sleight of hand shit where you distract them. Exactly, and anybody that takes off, I can spike them. I'm trying to see if they're going to try to hit 70 or go back up Hamilton.

Additional officers are heading to the meetup spot to address the drag racing activity.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:30
Hey, radio, do you know if anybody's working these meetups for night? I have not heard of anyone at this time. Alright. I know Freeway tends to work them from time to time, but you've got to air up for them. Copy that. Any available Freeway on this air? 91. 91. 2 Victor, you can have me heading that way. 91, I copy. Copy, 93 will go along as well. It's going to be in the area of Donlon Court and Kimberly Parkway. Thank you.

A helicopter has located the meetup spot where several cars are doing burnouts, with people nearby.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:30
Alright, chopper to 2, we located your meetup. It's actually going to be at 2255 Kimberley Parkway. It's not the Toys R Us lot, but yeah, there's several cars out there. They're doing burnouts. People are standing around it. Copy. Yeah, people are jumping out of the way with this pickup here that's doing the burnouts. Our pin is showing...

The address reported for this incident has changed to 2255 Kimberly Pkwy N.

An additional report indicates that multiple vehicles are doing burnouts in a nearby parking lot.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:24
Trapper to 2. Trapper, go ahead. Yeah, we're not far off from Kimberly and Hamilton. We'll check out. Alright, copy that. There was also a 16 that I duped into it that was multiple vehicles doing burnouts in the area. Looked like the old Toys R Us parking lot. Copy that. 203, I'm on the 5. 203, copy.

Police have received a report of people drag racing in the area.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:06
Hearing 6 information, South Hamilton and Kimberley. People drag, racing in the area.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at S Hamilton Rd & Kimberly Pkwy N.

According to officers, they are preparing to reopen Kimberly Parkway as the situation improves, with only a few cars remaining.

Police are coordinating with incoming units to assist with the felony fleeing incident involving the blue Charger.

Police are clearing Donlyn Court to facilitate the remaining vehicles' departure.

Traffic is flowing smoothly as vehicles exit the area, with the situation expected to clear shortly.

Police are managing traffic flow to prevent vehicles from looping back at Donley.

Police are directing traffic west on Kimberly Parkway to manage congestion. Additional resources are arriving.

Police are considering a new traffic plan to ease congestion on Kimberley Parkway.

Police found keys on the ground near where the suspect fled. The area is being cleared and organized.

According to police, they are ensuring all vehicles leave the area and are checking on officers. The situation is being cleared.

Police are clearing vehicles from the area as the situation stabilizes.

Police report the driver dropped an item while fleeing on foot. Officers are investigating.

The driver of the blue Charger has stopped and is now fleeing southbound on foot. Police are pursuing.

A blue Charger hit a spike strip and is now heading eastbound on 70, dragging something and creating sparks.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:31
Coming over the road with tracks now. Yeah, 20, obviously we're not going to pursue it. Spikes are authorized, though. Alright, you just hit the inside wall. He's burning out on the inside wall, trying to go 70 eastbound. 92, spike successful. Spike successful. Alright, we got a good spike. It's going to continue 70 eastbound. Getting on 70 eastbound. The crew that's coming this way, be careful. I don't know where my spike's at. It might be still under a spark. It does look like he's probably dragging something. Lots of sparks. He's getting on to 70 eastbound.

A blue Charger has fled eastbound towards Hamilton and is now heading northbound. Police are monitoring its movement.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:31
94, blue Charger just took off eastbound towards Hamilton. It's the same Charger that took off for me three days ago. Says enjoy love on the on the back plate. We have it. We watched it. It's on video. They're northbound Hamilton Road at this time. We'll stay with this car. Give me a second. He's going northbound right about getting to go over the bridge. We're calling it out. We got it. They're northbound.

Police are directing units to a location south and west of Eastpoint Drive to manage the situation.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:20
144. 144, go ahead. I'll need code 4 for my post. Can you put me out here with S20 going towards the Toys R Us lot? Copy. Yeah, just be advised, it is not the Toys R Us lot. It is south and west from there on the other side of East Point Drive to that car.

Additional units have been requested to help clear the parking lot as vehicles begin to leave.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:05
92-1, we're out here on the lot. If everybody's headed where they need to be, we need some more cars in here to start pushing these people out.

Police are ready to take enforcement action if necessary, but will allow peaceful departures.

Columbus PD PTAC 2A · 0:31
What'd you do to my channel? They're about to go in on all the people. So you got everybody set up by location, changed everybody who is saying they're somewhere. Almost all these guys have spikes set up and ready. S20, S9 said no pursuit, but if they leave peacefully, don't do anything, take enforcement if needed. And it looks like they're about to get in, so you can have all the fun. Wonderful. Thank you.

The helicopter is coordinating with officers to cover potential exit routes as vehicles begin to leave.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:31
Yeah, chopper, I think we got people set up everywhere that you've called out. Yeah, to the car that's on Donwood, if you want to go to the drive that's just to the west, just on the other side of that separation there and go to the north, that might help you out. The one where this car is exiting right now? No, I don't see anybody exiting. Let's see. I might have you in two different locations here. Yeah, I see it. 91, yeah, so... Or the...

Police are closing an intersection to manage the situation as vehicles begin to leave the area.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:24
S9, I'm not completely in the handle for that, I'm going to shut down the intersection. Copy, thanks. Yeah, we'll see how they handle it. Like I said, I don't really, we'll see how this goes. Hopefully it just, they leave, but unfortunately that's not typically the case. 992 to 143, what's your ETA for the westbound ramp, excuse me, the ramp they take to leave? 143, I'm here to back, you can shut it down.

Officers are directing vehicles to exit via Eastpoint Drive to better manage traffic flow.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:17
And you want to go northbound? Yeah, it might be easier, better to control if we can flush them out, make their exit East Point Drive rather than Kimberley Parkway where it's a lot busier.

Police are managing traffic at Hamilton and Kimberly to prevent potential collisions due to a malfunctioning light.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:19
90, there's a few of us at Kimberley and Kimberley. We have this bike set up just in case as well. Yeah, I don't know, somebody, if that light isn't working, one of those cars might want to go over to Hamilton and Kimberley and turn their lights on just at least to stop the cross traffic to avoid a 5 here.

Police are aware of a flashing traffic light at Hamilton and Kimberly, which may affect vehicle movement.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:14
821. Which unit was that? 821. Hey, just FYI, the light at Hamilton and Kimberly is flashing. So, if these idiots all start running, there's going to be a 5 there. Copy. It looks like we just got that run sent up as well. 730's been advised.

Spike strips have been successfully deployed near the Hamilton area to prevent vehicles from fleeing.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:31
9092. Go ahead. Hey, we're going to stage a round, uh, Hamilton 70 area. Spikes are going to be deployed over there. We'll get the takedown cars. Spikes are successfully deployed. Copy. Yeah, if one car wants to take the 70 eastbound entrance and the other can take the 70 westbound entrance, that'd work too. We've got one for 70 eastbound. If somebody wants to hop over to westbound. I'm at 70 eastbound right now. Yep, we got one at eastbound. We have one that wants to go over to westbound. 43.

Police will take enforcement action against any vehicles that deviate from the orderly departure.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:15
Yeah, S20, I copy that. So, like I said, if they're leaving in an orderly fashion, we can get there. I'm good with that. Anybody that deviates from that, let's try and take enforcement action. We obviously are not going to pursue any of these vehicles, folks.

According to officers, vehicles are beginning to leave the area in an orderly manner. The helicopter will monitor any rule-breaking.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:21
91, I'll take Kimberley and Johnley. 91, Kimberley and what? Johnley. Yeah. Yeah, S20, when we show them that they all start kind of scattering and filtering out on their own, orderly and legally, I'm fine with that. Chopper, if anybody kind of breaks those rules, keep eyes on them, we'll hold them, and then we'll take force in action.

Police are considering deploying additional units to cover wider streets near the meetup spot.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:18
90, I'll take Kimberly and Kimberly. Copy. Yeah, you might, these are kind of wider areas. I don't know how much or what kind of resources we have available since this is kind of a pop-up thing, but we might need two cars at each location. Just, it's, they're pretty wide streets.

Police are coordinating to cover both eastbound and westbound routes with spike strips.

Columbus PD PTAC 2D · 0:12
Hey, if anybody else has spikes, if you want to try to get 70 westbound, if I go eastbound, that way we can have both of those covered. Yeah, I don't have a...

Police estimate around 100 cars and a similar number of people at the meetup spot. More officers are en route.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:30
I'd estimate there to be 50 to 100 cars, probably closer to 100, and at least that many people standing about. Chopper, I copy that. Radio, let's go ahead and start a few more cars over there. I copy. 100, I'm en route. 99, you can code 4, you can add me. Yeah, if you guys want, we can call a car out for you, if you're wanting to try that, or just kind of give us a little bit of a heads up.

Officers are monitoring potential exit routes from the parking lot to prevent vehicles from fleeing.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:31
4265 East. Yeah, your entry and exits, they really can only come in and out of the parking lot off of Kimberly Parkway East. From there, they can either use East Point Drive to get out to Hamilton or go out onto Kimberly Parkway proper. I suppose if they went around the backside, they could also get out there on Tomlin Court as well. But, yeah, it's like the parking...

A group of 10 to 20 motorcycles is exiting onto Hamilton, monitored by police.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:31
S20, do we have any freeway in the city marked in? Not that I see on the board yet, but I'll see if everybody can air for them. Third shift freeways, been trying to work these. I don't think they're in yet. Okay. Radio, go ahead and add me to that, and I'll head over there. We'll take a stab at it, see what we can do. Alright, got a group of motorcycles, probably 10 to 20, exiting from East Point Drive out onto Hamilton. We'll stay with the...

Officers are coordinating to deploy spike strips if any vehicles attempt to flee the scene.

Columbus PD PTAC 2D · 0:13
I think when you guys go in, I'm going to try to go ahead. And if somebody takes off from me, then I'll just spike it if you give me a direction of travel. Okay, we copy.

Officers are prepared to assist with enforcement if vehicles attempt to evade officers.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:11
And when cars come in the area, if anybody wants to do enforcement action on that, we'd be happy to help if they decide that they don't want to stop.

The helicopter is monitoring the situation and communicating updates to officers on the ground.

Columbus PD PTAC 2A · 0:04
Chopper is talking about 91's run. Okie dokie.

Police are planning to use spike strips to stop vehicles attempting to flee the area.

Columbus PD PTAC 2D · 0:22
We got to be strategic about this so I can set up spikes in a good spot. You got to do some like sleight of hand shit where you distract them. Exactly, and anybody that takes off, I can spike them. I'm trying to see if they're going to try to hit 70 or go back up Hamilton.

Additional officers are heading to the meetup spot to address the drag racing activity.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:30
Hey, radio, do you know if anybody's working these meetups for night? I have not heard of anyone at this time. Alright. I know Freeway tends to work them from time to time, but you've got to air up for them. Copy that. Any available Freeway on this air? 91. 91. 2 Victor, you can have me heading that way. 91, I copy. Copy, 93 will go along as well. It's going to be in the area of Donlon Court and Kimberly Parkway. Thank you.

A helicopter has located the meetup spot where several cars are doing burnouts, with people nearby.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:30
Alright, chopper to 2, we located your meetup. It's actually going to be at 2255 Kimberley Parkway. It's not the Toys R Us lot, but yeah, there's several cars out there. They're doing burnouts. People are standing around it. Copy. Yeah, people are jumping out of the way with this pickup here that's doing the burnouts. Our pin is showing...

The address reported for this incident has changed to 2255 Kimberly Pkwy N.

An additional report indicates that multiple vehicles are doing burnouts in a nearby parking lot.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:24
Trapper to 2. Trapper, go ahead. Yeah, we're not far off from Kimberly and Hamilton. We'll check out. Alright, copy that. There was also a 16 that I duped into it that was multiple vehicles doing burnouts in the area. Looked like the old Toys R Us parking lot. Copy that. 203, I'm on the 5. 203, copy.

Police have received a report of people drag racing in the area.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:06
Hearing 6 information, South Hamilton and Kimberley. People drag, racing in the area.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at S Hamilton Rd & Kimberly Pkwy N.

According to officers, they are preparing to reopen Kimberly Parkway as the situation improves, with only a few cars remaining.

Police are coordinating with incoming units to assist with the felony fleeing incident involving the blue Charger.

Police are clearing Donlyn Court to facilitate the remaining vehicles' departure.

Traffic is flowing smoothly as vehicles exit the area, with the situation expected to clear shortly.

Police are managing traffic flow to prevent vehicles from looping back at Donley.

Police are directing traffic west on Kimberly Parkway to manage congestion. Additional resources are arriving.

Police are considering a new traffic plan to ease congestion on Kimberley Parkway.

Police found keys on the ground near where the suspect fled. The area is being cleared and organized.

According to police, they are ensuring all vehicles leave the area and are checking on officers. The situation is being cleared.

Police are clearing vehicles from the area as the situation stabilizes.

Police report the driver dropped an item while fleeing on foot. Officers are investigating.

The driver of the blue Charger has stopped and is now fleeing southbound on foot. Police are pursuing.

A blue Charger hit a spike strip and is now heading eastbound on 70, dragging something and creating sparks.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:31
Coming over the road with tracks now. Yeah, 20, obviously we're not going to pursue it. Spikes are authorized, though. Alright, you just hit the inside wall. He's burning out on the inside wall, trying to go 70 eastbound. 92, spike successful. Spike successful. Alright, we got a good spike. It's going to continue 70 eastbound. Getting on 70 eastbound. The crew that's coming this way, be careful. I don't know where my spike's at. It might be still under a spark. It does look like he's probably dragging something. Lots of sparks. He's getting on to 70 eastbound.

A blue Charger has fled eastbound towards Hamilton and is now heading northbound. Police are monitoring its movement.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:31
94, blue Charger just took off eastbound towards Hamilton. It's the same Charger that took off for me three days ago. Says enjoy love on the on the back plate. We have it. We watched it. It's on video. They're northbound Hamilton Road at this time. We'll stay with this car. Give me a second. He's going northbound right about getting to go over the bridge. We're calling it out. We got it. They're northbound.

Police are directing units to a location south and west of Eastpoint Drive to manage the situation.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:20
144. 144, go ahead. I'll need code 4 for my post. Can you put me out here with S20 going towards the Toys R Us lot? Copy. Yeah, just be advised, it is not the Toys R Us lot. It is south and west from there on the other side of East Point Drive to that car.

Additional units have been requested to help clear the parking lot as vehicles begin to leave.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:05
92-1, we're out here on the lot. If everybody's headed where they need to be, we need some more cars in here to start pushing these people out.

Police are ready to take enforcement action if necessary, but will allow peaceful departures.

Columbus PD PTAC 2A · 0:31
What'd you do to my channel? They're about to go in on all the people. So you got everybody set up by location, changed everybody who is saying they're somewhere. Almost all these guys have spikes set up and ready. S20, S9 said no pursuit, but if they leave peacefully, don't do anything, take enforcement if needed. And it looks like they're about to get in, so you can have all the fun. Wonderful. Thank you.

The helicopter is coordinating with officers to cover potential exit routes as vehicles begin to leave.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:31
Yeah, chopper, I think we got people set up everywhere that you've called out. Yeah, to the car that's on Donwood, if you want to go to the drive that's just to the west, just on the other side of that separation there and go to the north, that might help you out. The one where this car is exiting right now? No, I don't see anybody exiting. Let's see. I might have you in two different locations here. Yeah, I see it. 91, yeah, so... Or the...

Police are closing an intersection to manage the situation as vehicles begin to leave the area.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:24
S9, I'm not completely in the handle for that, I'm going to shut down the intersection. Copy, thanks. Yeah, we'll see how they handle it. Like I said, I don't really, we'll see how this goes. Hopefully it just, they leave, but unfortunately that's not typically the case. 992 to 143, what's your ETA for the westbound ramp, excuse me, the ramp they take to leave? 143, I'm here to back, you can shut it down.

Officers are directing vehicles to exit via Eastpoint Drive to better manage traffic flow.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:17
And you want to go northbound? Yeah, it might be easier, better to control if we can flush them out, make their exit East Point Drive rather than Kimberley Parkway where it's a lot busier.

Police are managing traffic at Hamilton and Kimberly to prevent potential collisions due to a malfunctioning light.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:19
90, there's a few of us at Kimberley and Kimberley. We have this bike set up just in case as well. Yeah, I don't know, somebody, if that light isn't working, one of those cars might want to go over to Hamilton and Kimberley and turn their lights on just at least to stop the cross traffic to avoid a 5 here.

Police are aware of a flashing traffic light at Hamilton and Kimberly, which may affect vehicle movement.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:14
821. Which unit was that? 821. Hey, just FYI, the light at Hamilton and Kimberly is flashing. So, if these idiots all start running, there's going to be a 5 there. Copy. It looks like we just got that run sent up as well. 730's been advised.

Spike strips have been successfully deployed near the Hamilton area to prevent vehicles from fleeing.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:31
9092. Go ahead. Hey, we're going to stage a round, uh, Hamilton 70 area. Spikes are going to be deployed over there. We'll get the takedown cars. Spikes are successfully deployed. Copy. Yeah, if one car wants to take the 70 eastbound entrance and the other can take the 70 westbound entrance, that'd work too. We've got one for 70 eastbound. If somebody wants to hop over to westbound. I'm at 70 eastbound right now. Yep, we got one at eastbound. We have one that wants to go over to westbound. 43.

Police will take enforcement action against any vehicles that deviate from the orderly departure.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:15
Yeah, S20, I copy that. So, like I said, if they're leaving in an orderly fashion, we can get there. I'm good with that. Anybody that deviates from that, let's try and take enforcement action. We obviously are not going to pursue any of these vehicles, folks.

According to officers, vehicles are beginning to leave the area in an orderly manner. The helicopter will monitor any rule-breaking.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:21
91, I'll take Kimberley and Johnley. 91, Kimberley and what? Johnley. Yeah. Yeah, S20, when we show them that they all start kind of scattering and filtering out on their own, orderly and legally, I'm fine with that. Chopper, if anybody kind of breaks those rules, keep eyes on them, we'll hold them, and then we'll take force in action.

Police are considering deploying additional units to cover wider streets near the meetup spot.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:18
90, I'll take Kimberly and Kimberly. Copy. Yeah, you might, these are kind of wider areas. I don't know how much or what kind of resources we have available since this is kind of a pop-up thing, but we might need two cars at each location. Just, it's, they're pretty wide streets.

Police are coordinating to cover both eastbound and westbound routes with spike strips.

Columbus PD PTAC 2D · 0:12
Hey, if anybody else has spikes, if you want to try to get 70 westbound, if I go eastbound, that way we can have both of those covered. Yeah, I don't have a...

Police estimate around 100 cars and a similar number of people at the meetup spot. More officers are en route.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:30
I'd estimate there to be 50 to 100 cars, probably closer to 100, and at least that many people standing about. Chopper, I copy that. Radio, let's go ahead and start a few more cars over there. I copy. 100, I'm en route. 99, you can code 4, you can add me. Yeah, if you guys want, we can call a car out for you, if you're wanting to try that, or just kind of give us a little bit of a heads up.

Officers are monitoring potential exit routes from the parking lot to prevent vehicles from fleeing.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:31
4265 East. Yeah, your entry and exits, they really can only come in and out of the parking lot off of Kimberly Parkway East. From there, they can either use East Point Drive to get out to Hamilton or go out onto Kimberly Parkway proper. I suppose if they went around the backside, they could also get out there on Tomlin Court as well. But, yeah, it's like the parking...

A group of 10 to 20 motorcycles is exiting onto Hamilton, monitored by police.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:31
S20, do we have any freeway in the city marked in? Not that I see on the board yet, but I'll see if everybody can air for them. Third shift freeways, been trying to work these. I don't think they're in yet. Okay. Radio, go ahead and add me to that, and I'll head over there. We'll take a stab at it, see what we can do. Alright, got a group of motorcycles, probably 10 to 20, exiting from East Point Drive out onto Hamilton. We'll stay with the...

Officers are coordinating to deploy spike strips if any vehicles attempt to flee the scene.

Columbus PD PTAC 2D · 0:13
I think when you guys go in, I'm going to try to go ahead. And if somebody takes off from me, then I'll just spike it if you give me a direction of travel. Okay, we copy.

Officers are prepared to assist with enforcement if vehicles attempt to evade officers.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:11
And when cars come in the area, if anybody wants to do enforcement action on that, we'd be happy to help if they decide that they don't want to stop.

The helicopter is monitoring the situation and communicating updates to officers on the ground.

Columbus PD PTAC 2A · 0:04
Chopper is talking about 91's run. Okie dokie.

Police are planning to use spike strips to stop vehicles attempting to flee the area.

Columbus PD PTAC 2D · 0:22
We got to be strategic about this so I can set up spikes in a good spot. You got to do some like sleight of hand shit where you distract them. Exactly, and anybody that takes off, I can spike them. I'm trying to see if they're going to try to hit 70 or go back up Hamilton.

Additional officers are heading to the meetup spot to address the drag racing activity.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:30
Hey, radio, do you know if anybody's working these meetups for night? I have not heard of anyone at this time. Alright. I know Freeway tends to work them from time to time, but you've got to air up for them. Copy that. Any available Freeway on this air? 91. 91. 2 Victor, you can have me heading that way. 91, I copy. Copy, 93 will go along as well. It's going to be in the area of Donlon Court and Kimberly Parkway. Thank you.

A helicopter has located the meetup spot where several cars are doing burnouts, with people nearby.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:30
Alright, chopper to 2, we located your meetup. It's actually going to be at 2255 Kimberley Parkway. It's not the Toys R Us lot, but yeah, there's several cars out there. They're doing burnouts. People are standing around it. Copy. Yeah, people are jumping out of the way with this pickup here that's doing the burnouts. Our pin is showing...

The address reported for this incident has changed to 2255 Kimberly Pkwy N.

An additional report indicates that multiple vehicles are doing burnouts in a nearby parking lot.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:24
Trapper to 2. Trapper, go ahead. Yeah, we're not far off from Kimberly and Hamilton. We'll check out. Alright, copy that. There was also a 16 that I duped into it that was multiple vehicles doing burnouts in the area. Looked like the old Toys R Us parking lot. Copy that. 203, I'm on the 5. 203, copy.

Police have received a report of people drag racing in the area.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:06
Hearing 6 information, South Hamilton and Kimberley. People drag, racing in the area.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at S Hamilton Rd & Kimberly Pkwy N.

According to officers, they are preparing to reopen Kimberly Parkway as the situation improves, with only a few cars remaining.

Police are coordinating with incoming units to assist with the felony fleeing incident involving the blue Charger.

Police are clearing Donlyn Court to facilitate the remaining vehicles' departure.

Traffic is flowing smoothly as vehicles exit the area, with the situation expected to clear shortly.

Police are managing traffic flow to prevent vehicles from looping back at Donley.

Police are directing traffic west on Kimberly Parkway to manage congestion. Additional resources are arriving.

Police are considering a new traffic plan to ease congestion on Kimberley Parkway.

Police found keys on the ground near where the suspect fled. The area is being cleared and organized.

According to police, they are ensuring all vehicles leave the area and are checking on officers. The situation is being cleared.

Police are clearing vehicles from the area as the situation stabilizes.

Police report the driver dropped an item while fleeing on foot. Officers are investigating.

The driver of the blue Charger has stopped and is now fleeing southbound on foot. Police are pursuing.

A blue Charger hit a spike strip and is now heading eastbound on 70, dragging something and creating sparks.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:31
Coming over the road with tracks now. Yeah, 20, obviously we're not going to pursue it. Spikes are authorized, though. Alright, you just hit the inside wall. He's burning out on the inside wall, trying to go 70 eastbound. 92, spike successful. Spike successful. Alright, we got a good spike. It's going to continue 70 eastbound. Getting on 70 eastbound. The crew that's coming this way, be careful. I don't know where my spike's at. It might be still under a spark. It does look like he's probably dragging something. Lots of sparks. He's getting on to 70 eastbound.

A blue Charger has fled eastbound towards Hamilton and is now heading northbound. Police are monitoring its movement.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:31
94, blue Charger just took off eastbound towards Hamilton. It's the same Charger that took off for me three days ago. Says enjoy love on the on the back plate. We have it. We watched it. It's on video. They're northbound Hamilton Road at this time. We'll stay with this car. Give me a second. He's going northbound right about getting to go over the bridge. We're calling it out. We got it. They're northbound.

Police are directing units to a location south and west of Eastpoint Drive to manage the situation.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:20
144. 144, go ahead. I'll need code 4 for my post. Can you put me out here with S20 going towards the Toys R Us lot? Copy. Yeah, just be advised, it is not the Toys R Us lot. It is south and west from there on the other side of East Point Drive to that car.

Additional units have been requested to help clear the parking lot as vehicles begin to leave.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:05
92-1, we're out here on the lot. If everybody's headed where they need to be, we need some more cars in here to start pushing these people out.

Police are ready to take enforcement action if necessary, but will allow peaceful departures.

Columbus PD PTAC 2A · 0:31
What'd you do to my channel? They're about to go in on all the people. So you got everybody set up by location, changed everybody who is saying they're somewhere. Almost all these guys have spikes set up and ready. S20, S9 said no pursuit, but if they leave peacefully, don't do anything, take enforcement if needed. And it looks like they're about to get in, so you can have all the fun. Wonderful. Thank you.

The helicopter is coordinating with officers to cover potential exit routes as vehicles begin to leave.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:31
Yeah, chopper, I think we got people set up everywhere that you've called out. Yeah, to the car that's on Donwood, if you want to go to the drive that's just to the west, just on the other side of that separation there and go to the north, that might help you out. The one where this car is exiting right now? No, I don't see anybody exiting. Let's see. I might have you in two different locations here. Yeah, I see it. 91, yeah, so... Or the...

Police are closing an intersection to manage the situation as vehicles begin to leave the area.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:24
S9, I'm not completely in the handle for that, I'm going to shut down the intersection. Copy, thanks. Yeah, we'll see how they handle it. Like I said, I don't really, we'll see how this goes. Hopefully it just, they leave, but unfortunately that's not typically the case. 992 to 143, what's your ETA for the westbound ramp, excuse me, the ramp they take to leave? 143, I'm here to back, you can shut it down.

Officers are directing vehicles to exit via Eastpoint Drive to better manage traffic flow.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:17
And you want to go northbound? Yeah, it might be easier, better to control if we can flush them out, make their exit East Point Drive rather than Kimberley Parkway where it's a lot busier.

Police are managing traffic at Hamilton and Kimberly to prevent potential collisions due to a malfunctioning light.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:19
90, there's a few of us at Kimberley and Kimberley. We have this bike set up just in case as well. Yeah, I don't know, somebody, if that light isn't working, one of those cars might want to go over to Hamilton and Kimberley and turn their lights on just at least to stop the cross traffic to avoid a 5 here.

Police are aware of a flashing traffic light at Hamilton and Kimberly, which may affect vehicle movement.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:14
821. Which unit was that? 821. Hey, just FYI, the light at Hamilton and Kimberly is flashing. So, if these idiots all start running, there's going to be a 5 there. Copy. It looks like we just got that run sent up as well. 730's been advised.

Spike strips have been successfully deployed near the Hamilton area to prevent vehicles from fleeing.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:31
9092. Go ahead. Hey, we're going to stage a round, uh, Hamilton 70 area. Spikes are going to be deployed over there. We'll get the takedown cars. Spikes are successfully deployed. Copy. Yeah, if one car wants to take the 70 eastbound entrance and the other can take the 70 westbound entrance, that'd work too. We've got one for 70 eastbound. If somebody wants to hop over to westbound. I'm at 70 eastbound right now. Yep, we got one at eastbound. We have one that wants to go over to westbound. 43.

Police will take enforcement action against any vehicles that deviate from the orderly departure.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:15
Yeah, S20, I copy that. So, like I said, if they're leaving in an orderly fashion, we can get there. I'm good with that. Anybody that deviates from that, let's try and take enforcement action. We obviously are not going to pursue any of these vehicles, folks.

According to officers, vehicles are beginning to leave the area in an orderly manner. The helicopter will monitor any rule-breaking.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:21
91, I'll take Kimberley and Johnley. 91, Kimberley and what? Johnley. Yeah. Yeah, S20, when we show them that they all start kind of scattering and filtering out on their own, orderly and legally, I'm fine with that. Chopper, if anybody kind of breaks those rules, keep eyes on them, we'll hold them, and then we'll take force in action.

Police are considering deploying additional units to cover wider streets near the meetup spot.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:18
90, I'll take Kimberly and Kimberly. Copy. Yeah, you might, these are kind of wider areas. I don't know how much or what kind of resources we have available since this is kind of a pop-up thing, but we might need two cars at each location. Just, it's, they're pretty wide streets.

Police are coordinating to cover both eastbound and westbound routes with spike strips.

Columbus PD PTAC 2D · 0:12
Hey, if anybody else has spikes, if you want to try to get 70 westbound, if I go eastbound, that way we can have both of those covered. Yeah, I don't have a...

Police estimate around 100 cars and a similar number of people at the meetup spot. More officers are en route.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:30
I'd estimate there to be 50 to 100 cars, probably closer to 100, and at least that many people standing about. Chopper, I copy that. Radio, let's go ahead and start a few more cars over there. I copy. 100, I'm en route. 99, you can code 4, you can add me. Yeah, if you guys want, we can call a car out for you, if you're wanting to try that, or just kind of give us a little bit of a heads up.

Officers are monitoring potential exit routes from the parking lot to prevent vehicles from fleeing.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:31
4265 East. Yeah, your entry and exits, they really can only come in and out of the parking lot off of Kimberly Parkway East. From there, they can either use East Point Drive to get out to Hamilton or go out onto Kimberly Parkway proper. I suppose if they went around the backside, they could also get out there on Tomlin Court as well. But, yeah, it's like the parking...

A group of 10 to 20 motorcycles is exiting onto Hamilton, monitored by police.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:31
S20, do we have any freeway in the city marked in? Not that I see on the board yet, but I'll see if everybody can air for them. Third shift freeways, been trying to work these. I don't think they're in yet. Okay. Radio, go ahead and add me to that, and I'll head over there. We'll take a stab at it, see what we can do. Alright, got a group of motorcycles, probably 10 to 20, exiting from East Point Drive out onto Hamilton. We'll stay with the...

Officers are coordinating to deploy spike strips if any vehicles attempt to flee the scene.

Columbus PD PTAC 2D · 0:13
I think when you guys go in, I'm going to try to go ahead. And if somebody takes off from me, then I'll just spike it if you give me a direction of travel. Okay, we copy.

Officers are prepared to assist with enforcement if vehicles attempt to evade officers.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:11
And when cars come in the area, if anybody wants to do enforcement action on that, we'd be happy to help if they decide that they don't want to stop.

The helicopter is monitoring the situation and communicating updates to officers on the ground.

Columbus PD PTAC 2A · 0:04
Chopper is talking about 91's run. Okie dokie.

Police are planning to use spike strips to stop vehicles attempting to flee the area.

Columbus PD PTAC 2D · 0:22
We got to be strategic about this so I can set up spikes in a good spot. You got to do some like sleight of hand shit where you distract them. Exactly, and anybody that takes off, I can spike them. I'm trying to see if they're going to try to hit 70 or go back up Hamilton.

Additional officers are heading to the meetup spot to address the drag racing activity.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:30
Hey, radio, do you know if anybody's working these meetups for night? I have not heard of anyone at this time. Alright. I know Freeway tends to work them from time to time, but you've got to air up for them. Copy that. Any available Freeway on this air? 91. 91. 2 Victor, you can have me heading that way. 91, I copy. Copy, 93 will go along as well. It's going to be in the area of Donlon Court and Kimberly Parkway. Thank you.

A helicopter has located the meetup spot where several cars are doing burnouts, with people nearby.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:30
Alright, chopper to 2, we located your meetup. It's actually going to be at 2255 Kimberley Parkway. It's not the Toys R Us lot, but yeah, there's several cars out there. They're doing burnouts. People are standing around it. Copy. Yeah, people are jumping out of the way with this pickup here that's doing the burnouts. Our pin is showing...

The address reported for this incident has changed to 2255 Kimberly Pkwy N.

An additional report indicates that multiple vehicles are doing burnouts in a nearby parking lot.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:24
Trapper to 2. Trapper, go ahead. Yeah, we're not far off from Kimberly and Hamilton. We'll check out. Alright, copy that. There was also a 16 that I duped into it that was multiple vehicles doing burnouts in the area. Looked like the old Toys R Us parking lot. Copy that. 203, I'm on the 5. 203, copy.

Police have received a report of people drag racing in the area.

Columbus PD Zn 2 (SE) Dispatch · 0:06
Hearing 6 information, South Hamilton and Kimberley. People drag, racing in the area.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at S Hamilton Rd & Kimberly Pkwy N.

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pipelayer012h ago

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iambarinaaa2h ago

It’s a legal event. We can never do anything nice here!!! Let ppl have fun…

hottiidotti2h ago

Still going on???🤪

pipelayer012h ago

it’s a legal event

iambarinaaa2h ago

It’s a legal event. We can never do anything nice here!!! Let ppl have fun…

hottiidotti2h ago

Still going on???🤪

pipelayer012h ago

it’s a legal event

iambarinaaa2h ago

It’s a legal event. We can never do anything nice here!!! Let ppl have fun…

hottiidotti2h ago

Still going on???🤪

pipelayer012h ago

it’s a legal event

iambarinaaa2h ago

It’s a legal event. We can never do anything nice here!!! Let ppl have fun…

hottiidotti2h ago

Still going on???🤪

pipelayer012h ago

it’s a legal event

iambarinaaa2h ago

It’s a legal event. We can never do anything nice here!!! Let ppl have fun…

hottiidotti2h ago

Still going on???🤪

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