Not heard on radio, but I can just imagine the story that came into dispatch, and the fire investigator
Man using smoke bomb to get rid of skunks destroys home | WNCN
Man using smoke bomb to get rid of skunks destroys home | WNCN
"pat him down before going into the house, make sure a cop is watching him" "mike is going to the bathroom, can someone go with him?" "she is someone we are setting up a restraining order on like everyone keep her back". ---during taping of jersey shore tv show
DJ11DLN
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Several years ago my department responded to a garage fire that turned out to be caused by the owner trying to get rid of paper wasps by throwing gasoline on the nests...while smoking. Like the old saying goes, "If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough."
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My catch of the week, on a school bus TGRP:
"Base, 401, my left mirror is banging on the side of my bus and it's about to fall off. Do I need another bus?"
"Can you still see to drive?"
"Yes, but the mirror is about to fall off!"
"You don't need another bus if you can proceed. Deliver your kids and bring it in after you get done. We got more mirrors here, that's what they're for."
"If it falls off should I stop and pick it up?"
"I wouldn't bother if I was you."
This is from my area, but I haven't heard of anyone having that audio. If I hear of anyone having it, I will share.
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And having driven a bus (years ago) that would be a major safety violation. The mirrors on school buses are adjusted so that the driver can see where the rear wheels meet the ground - to be able to see if a kid drops his books and goes after them. We were trained to check the mirrors on both sides before pulling out from a stop. And even if we just "readjusted" a mirror (say, on a low hanging branch) we were to stop and readjust it immediately!
On the way home from work today, I heard an ambulance call go out. The crew was directed to a car wreck on the local interstate; the driver had suffered a head injury that wouldn't stop bleeding. The cause of the wreck? He hit ... a turkey.
I don't know if he hit the turkey with the front of the car and the airbag sliced his head, or if he hit the turkey with the windshield.
Deer-car collisions around here are very common year-round, but that was the first turkey-car collision I've ever heard.
I don't know if he hit the turkey with the front of the car and the airbag sliced his head, or if he hit the turkey with the windshield.
Deer-car collisions around here are very common year-round, but that was the first turkey-car collision I've ever heard.
DJ11DLN
Member
That's why I rolled my eyes when I heard it. Drove a bus or 2 myself back in the day, and lots of trucks since then. Losing a mirror is always a bad situation. Letting one fall off and just leaving it on the road...whose genius idea was that?:roll:
JamesO
Member
Gold!
VA Department of Natural Resources Police in Fluvanna County watching some boaters on the river.
Office says - "I have an eye on them, bring me some binoculars"
He then says - "Looks like they are dredging for gold"
VA Department of Natural Resources Police in Fluvanna County watching some boaters on the river.
Office says - "I have an eye on them, bring me some binoculars"
He then says - "Looks like they are dredging for gold"
kc4jgc
Member
About 1-1/2 years ago I heard this exchange between a tow company dispatcher and a driver:
Dispatcher: "I'm getting calls about you flashing your high beams to get other drivers out of your way."
Driver: "I was flashing my lights to get people driving 45 in a 55 in the left lane to move to the right".
Dispatcher: "I was checking your GPS, I saw that you were driving at 80 mph. Please slow down and don't flash your lights. People can get your truck number then call us. That doesn't look good".
Driver: "I'm sorry, I didn't realize that".
'Aint technology sometimes grand....
Dispatcher: "I'm getting calls about you flashing your high beams to get other drivers out of your way."
Driver: "I was flashing my lights to get people driving 45 in a 55 in the left lane to move to the right".
Dispatcher: "I was checking your GPS, I saw that you were driving at 80 mph. Please slow down and don't flash your lights. People can get your truck number then call us. That doesn't look good".
Driver: "I'm sorry, I didn't realize that".
'Aint technology sometimes grand....
BillH1
Member
Heard on local taxi talkgoup
Taxi Driver: "They Canceled me when I got there"
Dispatcher: "Those God D*** Mexicans never know what they want when they call here." I have no idea what that was about, but it was interesting to hear all of a sudden.
Also a few days ago I heard some AZ DPS troopers on the Statewide tac channel talking about some random topics while on a detail, including where to get free coffee.
Taxi Driver: "They Canceled me when I got there"
Dispatcher: "Those God D*** Mexicans never know what they want when they call here." I have no idea what that was about, but it was interesting to hear all of a sudden.
Also a few days ago I heard some AZ DPS troopers on the Statewide tac channel talking about some random topics while on a detail, including where to get free coffee.
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I hear that all the time in my sheriffs talk around channel and sometimes on the statewide interops.
DJ11DLN
Member
The school bus TG was fun again today...
Driver: "Base, I left my oven on at home, can I get permission to run in and turn it off?"
Base: "No, you cannot leave the bus when you are carrying children."
Driver: "Well, how am I supposed to shut the oven off!?!?"
Base: "You'll have to turn it off after you finish your route."
:roll:No words...:roll:
Driver: "Base, I left my oven on at home, can I get permission to run in and turn it off?"
Base: "No, you cannot leave the bus when you are carrying children."
Driver: "Well, how am I supposed to shut the oven off!?!?"
Base: "You'll have to turn it off after you finish your route."
:roll:No words...:roll:
In my area there were these guys talking simplex on the output of a police dispatch frequency with some language I couldn't identify that at times sounded like a very back woods Quebecois accent.
Dispatch: Reporting car vs deer. 1 injury.
Fire: I hope it was the deer...
Fire: I hope it was the deer...
KB7MIB
Member
Maricopa County Sheriff's deputies typically use VTAC-12 for idle chit-chat. Sometimes it's about someone they're watching, or a case they're dealing with, other times it's a few seconds of music, or just discussion of a random topic.
Once in awhile, I'll hear them on VTAC-11. I may have heard them on VTAC-13 once or twice.
John
Peoria, AZ
today heard about handfuls of money blowing around along the street
in several locations
one fellow picked some up and called the authorities to meet him in a bar
in several locations
one fellow picked some up and called the authorities to meet him in a bar
ScannerMan1989
Member
We got this vagrant that runs our streets in our town, a K. Bateman and they read his name for warrant checks at least once a week and when they do the jail pronounces his name as a comic book superhero "check on -baitmon- and then the jail replies "clear on BATMAN'...
Earlier today I heard that District 8 had two individuals in custody who's "street names" are "Popcorn" and "Schinizzles." 
