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Emergency Incidents
Traffic stop involving gold Toyota in Freeport
Traffic
Freeport Rd & E 23rd St, Sterling, IL 61081
As discussed during the dispatch call, officers conducted a traffic stop on a gold Toyota near Freeport Road and East 23rd Street in Freeport. The stop involved a vehicle with a reported license plate number.
Medical assist at East Third Street in Sterling
Medical Emergency
E 3rd St, Sterling, IL 61081
As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews were sent to assist Sterling police with a possible medical issue near East Third Street in Sterling. Police were already on scene.
Traffic stop on truck with expired registration
Traffic
Windsor Rd, Sterling, IL 61081
As discussed during the dispatch call, officers conducted a motorist assist on Prairieview Road southbound near Windsor Road involving a white Chevrolet pickup. The situation was then upgraded to a traffic stop, and the vehicle’s registration was reported as expired.
Motorist assist for white pickup on Prairieville Road
Traffic
Windsor Rd, Sterling, IL 61081
As discussed during the dispatch call, officers responded to a possible motorist assist in the southbound lane of Prairieville Road near Windsor Road involving a white Chevrolet pickup truck.
Suspected gas leak in apartment on 25th Avenue North
Fire
E 25th St, Sterling, IL 61081
As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews are dispatched to an apartment on 25th Avenue North in Sterling for a reported suspected gas leak and odor inside the unit.
Motorist assist for red sedan on Polo Road
Traffic
Polo Rd, Sterling, IL 61081
As discussed during the dispatch call, deputies provided a motorist assist for a red Chevrolet sedan stopped on the shoulder of Polo Road just north of Menards in Sterling, as reported by a passerby in Whiteside County.
Motorist assist for car on shoulder near Menards
Traffic
30th St, Sterling, IL 61081
As discussed during the dispatch call, deputies responded to a possible motorist assist for a red Chevrolet sedan stopped on the shoulder and partially in the roadway on Polo Road just north of a Menards store, after a passerby reported the situation.
Welfare check on man after suicidal statements in Sterling
Medical Emergency
13th Ave, Sterling, IL 61081
As discussed during the dispatch call, officers conducted a welfare check on a man after reports of possible suicidal statements and a note left at his location. They reportedly located him on 13th Avenue in Sterling, Illinois.
Child falls and suffers head injury near St. Mary's Stone
Medical Emergency
St Marys Rd, Sterling, IL 61081
As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews were dispatched to a possible medical emergency at a home near St. Marys Road in Sterling, Illinois, for a young girl who reportedly fell, hit her head, and was bleeding.
Woman with brain tumor suffers shooting head pains
Medical Emergency
E 19th St, Sterling, IL 61081
As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews were sent to a location on South 19th Street in Sterling for a 50-year-old woman reporting shooting pains behind her eyes and around her head, with a reported brain tumor.
Male with high blood pressure at Sterling Towers West
Medical Emergency
E 19th St #, Sterling, IL 61081
As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews were dispatched to a possible medical issue involving a man with high blood pressure at an apartment in a complex on West Rosewood Boulevard in Sterling. The caller said he would wait outside, and the medic was later told to disregard the call.
Male in 70s having difficulty breathing in Sterling
Medical Emergency
North St, Sterling, IL 61081
As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency medical crews were dispatched to a location near North L east of Crossroads in Sterling for a reported man in his seventies who was not feeling well and having difficulty breathing, with lights and sirens requested.
69-year-old male falls, bleeds from arm in Sterling
Medical Emergency
Luther Rd, Sterling, IL 61081
As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency medical responders were sent to a home near Luther Road in Sterling for a 69-year-old man who apparently had an accidental ground-level fall and was bleeding from his arm. Crews were advised to enter through a back door near a handicap ramp.
Mutual aid fire call near Avenue L in Sterling
Fire
Avenue L, Sterling, IL 61081
As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews were requested from Dixon Rural Fire Department to provide mutual aid to Sterling for a full still at a location on Avenue L, including an engine and a chief. Radio traffic later indicated the mutual aid request was canceled and responding units could disregard.
Male with colitis condition worsening at apartment
Medical Emergency
E 12th St, Sterling, IL 61081
As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency medical services were requested for a possible medical emergency at an apartment on East 12th Street, where a male subject reportedly reported his colitis was out of control and asked for EMS. An earlier female caller also requested EMS for the same location.
77-year-old woman suffers head injury in fall at apartment
Medical Emergency
E 19th St, Sterling, IL 61081
As discussed during the dispatch call, eMS responded to an apartment in Sterling Towers on East 19th Street in Sterling for a reported 77-year-old woman who had an accidental fall and injured her head. She was reported to be conscious and breathing when medics arrived.
Crash victim with possible leg amputation near Sterling
Traffic
Sterling, IL 61081
As discussed during the dispatch call, dispatch reports a medical flight request near Sterling in Whiteside County for an adult involved in a motor vehicle crash with a possible traumatic leg amputation. The scene contact is reported to be Sterling Fire.
Adult injured in crash near Sterling airlifted
Traffic
Sterling, IL 61081
As discussed during the dispatch call, a life flight helicopter was dispatched from near Sterling in Whiteside County to St. Anthony’s Hospital in Rockford for an adult patient involved in a motor vehicle crash with a possible traumatic leg amputation.
Helicopter landing operation shuts Polo Road at Holly Road
Medical Emergency
Polo Rd & Holly Rd, Sterling Township, IL 61081
As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews coordinated traffic control to shut down Polo Road at Holly Road in Sterling Township so a medical helicopter could land.
Crash on Polo Road with severe leg injury
Traffic
Polo Rd, Sterling, IL 61081
As discussed during the dispatch call, units are assisting another agency on Polo Road in Sterling for a reported traffic crash involving a possible leg amputation.
