Just wondering if anyone listened in on that while they were searching for the officer. I was sleeping so didn't catch it. Lot of mystery surrounding his death.
Anyone catch the officer missing broadcasts?
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Yeah, I was wondering the same thing. I heard the aftermath of the K9 search and all that, but I don't usually listen to B4. I only switched over because they asked for other officers to help cover their area. I figured something bad must've happened. I don't understand why they couldn't find him sooner. With the recent computer updates they got, all of their MDTs have GPS... Definitely a mystery.
Yes, his GPS, his last broadcast, was anything radioed in...all very strange. I know Aztrak records a lot, I was hoping he had some new for us.
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I've listened to everything recorded from 2130 to when the 999 went out and they didn't really have a search up for him, in fact there was no radio traffic on 400 or 300 with a search for him. It might have been on an encrypted channel, but not on a dispatch channel. Capitol PD called in the 999 directly to the operator on B4. His callsign should be 41 george.
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Hmmm, listening to that now. Interesting.
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Thanks for posting that. I'll have to listen when I have access to my home computer since streaming media is blocked at work. I didn't hear anything because I don't currently have a digital scanner. I learned about the incident the next morning and I'm waiting anxiously to see what the report will be. A lot of unanswered questions right now and it's disturbing that he was working out of South Mountain. With the things going on there lately I worry someone may have been 'taking revenge'.
On a slightly different note...apparently there is a DPS officer 'missing'. They haven't been able to reach him on the radio and nobody seems to know exactly where he is. I've only heard 3 transmissions regarding it so I don't know a whole lot. Hopefully this has a better outcome.
On a slightly different note...apparently there is a DPS officer 'missing'. They haven't been able to reach him on the radio and nobody seems to know exactly where he is. I've only heard 3 transmissions regarding it so I don't know a whole lot. Hopefully this has a better outcome.
Didn't find anything on the scanner for the DPS officer, so hopefully it was resolved.
I have a feeling the public may never know what happened to this officer. It seems if it were suicide they would state that, so something must be looking "off" to suspect homicide. I sure feel for his wife and family, it's so very sad. Also feel bad for the family of the other officer found in the hotel room. It's a crazy world.
I didn't hear about the officer found in the hotel room. I'll have to go looking. Very sad. There was nothing on the news last night about a missing DPS officer and I never heard anymore transmissions so I can only assume nothing bad became of him.
The whole thing with Sgt Drenth really has me scratching my head. They have information from his GPS and computer logs and such, but yet they're offering a reward for information regarding his death. On the one hand, it almost looks like a suicide because they say he was found with his shotgun on his chest, but as my mom pointed out, why would his gun be several yards away? She said maybe he stopped because he thought he saw something suspicious and I told her they drum Officer Safety into you at the academy and if he saw something suspicious he shouldn't have exited his car without calling it in. I don't know. You might be right, though. We may never know the true story. And yeah. I feel bad for the families, too.
The whole thing with Sgt Drenth really has me scratching my head. They have information from his GPS and computer logs and such, but yet they're offering a reward for information regarding his death. On the one hand, it almost looks like a suicide because they say he was found with his shotgun on his chest, but as my mom pointed out, why would his gun be several yards away? She said maybe he stopped because he thought he saw something suspicious and I told her they drum Officer Safety into you at the academy and if he saw something suspicious he shouldn't have exited his car without calling it in. I don't know. You might be right, though. We may never know the true story. And yeah. I feel bad for the families, too.
I heard that they also found his handcuffs out of their case and near him. Nothing makes sense. Like you stated, if he stopped to talk to someone, call it in. But nothing was called in, so why was he out of his car? Too many questions...
I did some research and found this article on AZcentral.com from five days ago. Here's a piece of that article:
"A source close to the investigation, who asked not to be identified, says Drenth's body was found 20 feet from his patrol car in an alley near the Union Pacific Railroad tracks near Jefferson Street and 19th Avenue, and that his uniform was dirty and his handcuffs had been removed from his holster. The GPS vehicle locator was turned off, which the source says is unusual. Members of the department's homicide unit were meeting on Wednesday to go over details of the report."
Here's the full article: Police sergeant shot with own shotgun
20 feet away? All the reports I've been hearing have said he was right next to his car, on the passenger side. That is quite interesting.
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