kb8zxe
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My county recently experienced a jail escape and 4 day manhunt. Of course at first it was not a big deal but I would say that things got out of hand towards the end. I have several friends in public safety and they encourage the feed. This is a small county, about 11,000 people with an average of 25 listeners. This event went viral on the 4th night though. I was in contact with friends at the sheriff's office and they were saying that things were getting out of hand from the public. Simply put too many people were being idiots while listening to my feed. So once I hit 1000 listeners and the radio traffic was getting very intense I shut thd feed off. I honestly felt this was best for everyone. I was following social media after I shut the feed off and I learned a lot. First off almost no one has a clue that a human runs the feed. Also, after I shut it off the local news media had no more updates. They must not own a scanner. I also read comments from residents in the search area that no longer had a clue what was going on. I felt bad for these people.
I feel really weird for shutting the feed off but I still think it was best. Just curious if any other feed providers ever experienced anything like this.
I feel really weird for shutting the feed off but I still think it was best. Just curious if any other feed providers ever experienced anything like this.