Funny/Odd things heard on the scanner

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LarrySC said:
The late Don Gaze, dispatcher for the Greenville Co SC Sheriff dept would sign on at 12:m for the nite shift on 37.10MHz. " This is K - I - C - 2 - 3 - 1 Greenville County Sheriffs Department Greenville South Carolina where the moon comes over the mountain in fruit jars. Often I would stay up late on Fri/Sat just to hear him.

I remember hearing that up here in Michigan when skip was rolling in. 37.10 MHz was the Washtenaw County Sheriff F-1 Dispatch and later after 1977 F-4 Car-to-Car channel. I can remember hearing that voice very well, which brings back a lot of memories.


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Jules said:
One sunday night at college (this was about a decade ago), my scanner picked up people talking on certain frequencies about what they did on friday or saturday night while in search mode. Of course I quickly locked out those frequencies when I realised I was monitoring private transmissions, but I couldn't help but hear some rather interesting and hilarious conversations. I would have listened every night if it wasn't for those darn FCC regulations. I'm sure I would have heard a lot of interesting things.

Kind of ironic how Icom is aloud to sell cellular capable scanners only to "authorized government personel"

On another note heard today on Baltimore city A2 Dispatch:

Dispacth:Communications to Ambo 44, what was the disposition on your last call.
Ambo:We transported to hospital 207. We just forgot to tell you about it.
Dispatch: OK try to remember to tell us next time, it's no secret.
Ambo:We'll try but you're talking to an old crew.
 

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Sunday morning, around 0330...

(Officer clearing from a Noise Disturbance:)

Cop: Baker 30, I sat in the intersection, and all I heard was crickets.

Dispatcher: (Laughing) 10-4

Cop: I gave them a verbal warning.

Dispatcher: (Losing it...) 10-.....

PD Sgt: Baker 2, g'head and make this a 2 officer call from here on out...

....no response, 'cept for about 20 key-ups.

.....mind you, this was much funnier at 0330 :)
 

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Wow you still got crickets down there. They're all hybernating up here. It's about 20 something degrees right now, not including the wind, which by the way is gusting around 15-20 mph. Burrrrr. Stay warm.
 

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Also heard on Richmond Fire several years ago at something like 2 A.M.:

(Eng 62) "Fire Alarm, Engine 62 off the air in quarters."

(Fire Alarm) "Ohhhh no you're not...Engine 62 respond to a dumpster fire (gives address)"

(Eng 62) "Gee, thanks, Engine 62 enroute"
 

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Well here's one for the Darwin awards. I just heard this again over A2 Dispatch.

Medic 8 respond to X adress for an 8 year old female with a pencil stuck up here nose. The dispatcher was very good about not breaking up, but I could here the smirk on his face.

Another story that occured on New Years eve was where a man got stuck 90 feet in the air in a tree and twisted his ankle while trying to retrieve a remote controlled air plane. Unfortanately I was working that night I didn't catch the dispatch, but I got all the details the next day on the local news.
 

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Re: Funny things heard on scanner

Years before Akron Police went to the digital band, I heard one summer night, that a signal 15 (Juvenile) tied a womans purse to a fishing rod and everytime, cars went by, he casted the purse, out into the street, LOL.

This one is in the news, Police are on a lookout for someone harassing customers at a Burger King. Somehow, he tapped into the PA system and as cistomers were ordering, lets say, two Whoppers, the suspect would key up and say, you are going to get fat.

I would guess, maybe a person is using a scanner, to listen to the drive thru and using a CB radio. I have heard that talking on a CB radio, it will come through the music, that is playing at Burger King.

I would hate to be harrased at a fastfood joint, LOL,

Madwolf7
 

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You'd have to be awful close for a CB to get into it. It could be one of two resturants. In both cases there are shopping centers close by that would probably have a clear view of the order board.

One resturant is licensed in the 450-470 band, I'm not sure of what frequencies are in the other resturant, but I would think that a CB would have a difficult time getting into these systems unless you were right next to them.

Most likely he's got a radio that's programmed with the input frequency and CTCSS/DCS tone for that resturant.

Mike
 

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One time I heard the Pittsfield Twp. DPS, in Ann Arbor, Michigan do a tone test on 154.415 MHz., that went something like this:

"KNBF268 Base-10 to all Pittsfield monitors, this is a test, I repeat only a test. Had this been an actually emergency, chances are you would have already been on the way to it already before we toned it out."

Talk about the Outer Limits!


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Living halfway between Birmingham Ala. and Atlanta Ga. for 12 years I was able to hear some "real gems" on the Delta Airlines company freqs as they were heading into KATL.

One of the best was a few years back.

"Delta 324 to maintenance...................."

"Maintenance... Delta 324 go ahead....."

Delta 324... " Uhhhh maintenance we need ya to check the oven in the forward galley before we turn around. Flight attendant reports there's some sort of green mass in the rear of the unit.........."

Maintenance... "324 Does the thing show any signs of movement ? "

Delta 324.... " Stand by one....."

Delta 324..... " Maintenance..... flight attendant reports a slight quiver......."

Maintenance...... " Copy that 324. Go ahead and advise the attendant to turn the unit on and set it to 500 degrees please. "

Delta 324..... " So Ya want it crispy when we get to the gate huh? "

Maintenance.... " You bet 324.....if you guys can take some of the fight out of it before we open the door we'd appreciate it.......... We'll see ya at the gate shortly with a cattle prod and a net........"

Delta 324....... " (laughing) You guys are tops...don't know how we'd get along without ya. ETA about 45 minutes 324 clear........

Maintenance.... " Any time 324....... Any time....maintenance clear."


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Not sure what it was about, but I heard this a few minutes ago on Baltimore city Northwestern district.

Cop:11, forgive me but I'm drinking and driving.
Dispatch: (laughing)10-4
 

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The funniest thing ever heard, in the West Texas area, had to have happened back in the mid 80's. I was working in the field for a local cable company in Midland. I always kept a scanner handy for company and info.

One day there had been a short car chase by a local police officer, whom I knew well. He stood over 6'5" and was one of those "imposing" figures that you couldn't help but say "yes sir" to him when talking with him.

As I listened, he was calling out locations to dispatch when all of sudden he got the suspect stopped in the street. He called dispatch to give them the location, when all of a sudden the suspect bolted and ran.

The brief radio exchange went like this:

"Dispatch, I'm out at Lee and......(suspect jumps from car).....HALT MOTHERF*****!!!!"
(Dispatch, being quick on their feet with the answer replies)
"Patrol, 10-9 subject's last name"

I swear, we rolled on the floor when telling that exchange for years and it's still funny.

rj
 

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Re: Funny things heard on Scanner (Flushing a toilet)

Hi there,

I was listening to one of the Akron Police talkgroups, I think it was maintainence or street department, I forget, I heard the sound of someone flushing a toilet, someone replied back and said; Say no more!, I got a little chuckle out of that one.
 

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Last night WSP,in the Everett area had a report of a guy who was driving with on foot on the wheele and reading a book going north bound on HWY 5

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We had a traffic crash on the interstate we cover one night when it was real snowy. The state police were backed-up with calls for other crashes. After a while of waiting for the trooper to arrive, our OIC called the dispatcher and requested her to call the state police and get an ETA and ask if we "should pitch a tent" until they arrived :rolleyes: . He was a character... hopefully the trooper didn't have a scanner in his car, though!
 
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Originally posted by Jules
One sunday night at college (this was about a decade ago), my scanner picked up people talking on certain frequencies about what they did on friday or saturday night while in search mode. Of course I quickly locked out those frequencies when I realised I was monitoring private transmissions, but I couldn't help but hear some rather interesting and hilarious conversations. I would have listened every night if it wasn't for those darn FCC regulations. I'm sure I would have heard a lot of interesting things.
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This post was replied to immediately with: As any politician would say, its not illegal until you get caught.

To which I would like to add: OR CONFESS TO IT BY POSTING IT ON SOME WEBSITE!!!

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Cant believe I just heard that!

I just heard a PD unit get dispatched to a report that a "carload of ***gots just pulled up to the drive-thru of the Summit Avenue Hardee's and were refusing to pay for their order."
:eek:
 

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Wow, I bet that was a shock and a funny story, I heard one last night, I thought was kind of funny. There was a couple of signal 9 (Suspicious Person) reports, coming in from the city of Akron PD. I think there was one about some gentleman, walking on the Y bridge, which has been a spot for suicidal jumpers, in the area.
Another signal 9 (Suspicious person) report came in about some lady that was out walking with no coat on.
All at once, an officer keyed up and said; "I'll take the Lady" :D LOL
The dispatcher got a chuckle out of that one.
 

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this was heard on jan 15th. in jacksonville nc. DISPATCH car 10 we have a report of a car that has run through a house off piney green road. later 10.4 we have a car in the house. Dispatch are there any injuries? his ans was none to the driver but the house looks critical. another officer replies i think we might need to call this old house for repairs DISPATCH is heard laughing
 

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Every Christmas Eve, the Wayne County, Mich., Sheriff's Dept., put out a BOL for Santa Claus, which they have done for over the past 40 years. This is usually simulcasted over the VHF Intersystem frequencies and the 800 MHz. TRS, so all the area departments can listen in and wish everyone a Merry Christmas over 155. 370 MHz.


The funny part of the BOL has Santa wanted for "Home invasion, B&E, and leaving the scene in a bright red sleigh with personalized Michigan license plates: Santa 1" Then it goes onto say, "Subject enters through the chimney, leaves brightly colored wrapped packages and takes milk and cookies."


I wonder if any other areas do this sort of thing on Christmas Eve?


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