Around 1990,before Evansville Police were drafted into the GE-Erikson system (now P25) they were on VHF 125.1300 mghz. Someone passed out ( or was left) on the now abandoned railroad tracks that bordered the north line of Wesselman Park and the south border of McDonald golf course. 1 intrepid officer thought to cut across the golf course and ended up deep sixing his newly issued Chevrolet Caprice right into a water hole.
Poor guy didn't know the traps on the course and should have followed his fellow officers to the staging area on the east side of the park on the bordering road.
I couldn't stop laughing that not only would somebody would try to reach anywhere near the thick brush on both sides of the tracks that no self respecting Jeep owners would dare,much less someone demanding so much out of a newly issued squad car.
Of course the dispatcher made him repeat his location twice so that everyone listening could hear,thus starting the torture yet to come.
Basically I am paraphrasing but he did try to maintain his professionalism in his first transmission.
Unit-"Car **,Im on McDonald Golf course and I am stuck in one of the ponds out here".
After the dispatcher clarified and confirmed his position there was a brief silence on the channel,proof that his colleagues had to fight to maintain composure.
Whatever chances of his superior being amused when he keyed up.
"Before the unit is towed,I have to document what and why a new car ended up in a drink on a golf course in the middle of the night trying to access an area blocked by a train. I`ll be there after we speak with the crew".
I could almost smell the destructive accumulation in his underwear upon his acknowledgment of the message. Of course I was happy I wasn't that guy.
