BaLa
Member
I know a lot of times, you really just have to hear some of this stuff for yourself.
mlevin
Member
Last night there was several calls within an hours span for a naked man wearing a wig running up the street. However, each time the cops showed up he mysteriously dissapeared. One caller reported that the guy walked into a wooded area. That's when the dispatcher said " I hope the poor man doesn't get any ticks."
Gave me a bit of a chuckle...
Gave me a bit of a chuckle...
kf4lne
Member
Funniest thing I have ever heard..This happened Halloween Night of 2003 in Asheville, NC. Me and some friends were out in town, one of the guys with me is the son of now retired APD dispatcher and an ex-APD luitennent. Anyway, we had witnessed a fight in front of a bar and when the cops got there (from across the street) he ran my friends ID, the dispatcher replied with "Does his mother know where he is at?" We still rag the poor guy about that 
Also, last night while listening I heard a dispatch for a 911 call because someone wouldnt give someone else some chewing gum. Not sure what agency it was because I wasn't watching the scanner to see, but from the way it sounded, they rolled police and first responders
Also, last night while listening I heard a dispatch for a 911 call because someone wouldnt give someone else some chewing gum. Not sure what agency it was because I wasn't watching the scanner to see, but from the way it sounded, they rolled police and first responders
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d'oh
heard this on ADR dispatch
Columbus central to ADR 123
ADR123: go ahead central
CC: 10-4 you need to ruturn to the er at new hanover
ADR123: may i ask why central
CC: yea you forgot your third man there!
i heard that and just made me chuckle and go d'oh!
heard this on ADR dispatch
Columbus central to ADR 123
ADR123: go ahead central
CC: 10-4 you need to ruturn to the er at new hanover
ADR123: may i ask why central
CC: yea you forgot your third man there!
i heard that and just made me chuckle and go d'oh!
kf4lne
Member
this just in: Local PD...BOLO for possable mobile meth lab, White Pickup truck(gives discription) (county) 28s, "unknown description"
babyreb
Member
detroit pd
saturday detroit cruiser called out on duty and let dispatch know he had a ride along disp asked if the ride along was a reserve . unit replied yes disp said 10-4 we will find you guys a dead body
saturday detroit cruiser called out on duty and let dispatch know he had a ride along disp asked if the ride along was a reserve . unit replied yes disp said 10-4 we will find you guys a dead body
bwillcox
Member
Another jewel from Addison PD
Disp: "How will you clear this citation?"
Unit: (depressed) "I'll be clearing the citation with only one writtten."
Disp: (chirpy) "10-4, I'm sorry!"
Disp: "How will you clear this citation?"
Unit: (depressed) "I'll be clearing the citation with only one writtten."
Disp: (chirpy) "10-4, I'm sorry!"
Multnomah County Sheriff doing a traffic mission yesterday. Heard this on their ops channel:
Officer: Stupid idiot, can't you see there's like 40 cops out here?
Officer: Stupid idiot, can't you see there's like 40 cops out here?
kf4lne
Member
Heard just now:
Disp:28 comes back to (name), registered owner has exstensive prors, several failure to yeild to blue light, Resiting arrest, DUI, driving with revoked OL and violation of open container law
Ofc1:10-4, looks like hes going to have a few more
Disp: registered owner also shows revoked OL
Ofc1:10-4, I will be 10-61 on this vehicle near (milepost)
a few minutes passes
Disp:Ofc1, whats your status?
Ofc1:Attempting to be 10-61 on this vehicle
Disp: Attempting?
ofc1:10-4, hes not stopping
Disp:28 comes back to (name), registered owner has exstensive prors, several failure to yeild to blue light, Resiting arrest, DUI, driving with revoked OL and violation of open container law
Ofc1:10-4, looks like hes going to have a few more
Disp: registered owner also shows revoked OL
Ofc1:10-4, I will be 10-61 on this vehicle near (milepost)
a few minutes passes
Disp:Ofc1, whats your status?
Ofc1:Attempting to be 10-61 on this vehicle
Disp: Attempting?
ofc1:10-4, hes not stopping
kf4lne
Member
Joseph11 said:
yeah, for some of the local agencies its mv stop, some of the other agencies use a "signal" code for a stop. Most agencies here have a slight variation on the APCO codes and you pretty much have to listen to the context of the conversation to figure out what they mean. Example, one agency uses 10-81 to mean the PD station and another uses the APCO meaning for brethalyzer test, and the local PD here uses 10-49 for intoxicated person(driver, walker, cycleist) wheras the neighboring town uses 10-55 for driver and 10-56 for any other intoxicated persons. It takes some getting used to. I still don't know what the locals are using 10-50 for, but its not a traffic accident. Where i used to live a lot of the officers just use the basics like 10-20, 10-25 and a few others, the rest of the comms were plain language or abbrevations such as MVA-PI/PD(PI - personal injury, PD property damage) I don't see any good reason for modifying the existing 10-codes, especially if there is any inter-agency communication going on since many agencies use codes to mean different things.
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reminder: Please specify what the code is. Thank you
I love it when cops speak about something they are seeing before they call in something and forget they have the mic pushed (confusing)
example: officer 1 will be pulling over a vehicle
Officer 1: stupid idiot, didn't he see me, hq, unit 1, ill be 10-44 (mv stop) on main st, by elm.
disp: 10-4 22:22.
I love it when cops speak about something they are seeing before they call in something and forget they have the mic pushed (confusing)
example: officer 1 will be pulling over a vehicle
Officer 1: stupid idiot, didn't he see me, hq, unit 1, ill be 10-44 (mv stop) on main st, by elm.
disp: 10-4 22:22.
twolf816
Member
heard a couple of min ago on a domestic stabbing incident.
MP44 - Is Medlife (ambulance)just gonna stay at the intersection?
MP15 - I guess so.
S.O. - 44, they were staging till you got there.
MP15 - Bastrop, weve been here for 2 min! we passed them at the curve.
S.O. - Standby, ill tell them.
Medlife 207 - No dont worry about that, you know i m scanning you. I was waiting till another unit got close cause of the situation. I hope they go after you.
MP(44 or 15, i couldnt tell) - Do what?
...silence... 2min later
on medlife's channel] Medlife - 207 to Dispatch, Code 4, be getting a refusal shortly.
MP44 - Is Medlife (ambulance)just gonna stay at the intersection?
MP15 - I guess so.
S.O. - 44, they were staging till you got there.
MP15 - Bastrop, weve been here for 2 min! we passed them at the curve.
S.O. - Standby, ill tell them.
Medlife 207 - No dont worry about that, you know i m scanning you. I was waiting till another unit got close cause of the situation. I hope they go after you.
MP(44 or 15, i couldnt tell) - Do what?
...silence... 2min later
on medlife's channel] Medlife - 207 to Dispatch, Code 4, be getting a refusal shortly.
USAPatriot
Member
Just overheard on 483.0625 in L.A. - I have it labeled as LAPD but the context of the tx...dunno. TX was dropping out though so I didn't get it all
1st male: "(blank) on final approach to (blank)
2nd male, reply: " Uh. 10-4 but you're off course we are (blank)"
Female keying up and faint: "That's so funny!"
1st male: "(blank) on final approach to (blank)
2nd male, reply: " Uh. 10-4 but you're off course we are (blank)"
Female keying up and faint: "That's so funny!"
erikTromatowski
Member
Just heard down somewhere on the coast of MS:
"I have a black male, black shirt black hat, running towards the projects"
In the middle of a hurricane...
"I have a black male, black shirt black hat, running towards the projects"
In the middle of a hurricane...
Al42
Member
Heard on Suffolk County, NY PD:
"... 2 males with a laptop in a car, driving slowly down the block ..."
They're going to chase a couple of guys who are wardriving.
"... 2 males with a laptop in a car, driving slowly down the block ..."
They're going to chase a couple of guys who are wardriving.
jwheatley
Member
Just heard a few minutes ago on the Howard County, IN TRS...
Just a little background on the call first. PD and FD units were called to a local Subway sandwhich shop for an MVA with the vehicle crashing into the building and was inverted.
Unit: Advise the wrecker company [something, cannot remember what it was] because the vehicle is [in the same way and tone that Maverick in Top Gun says] inverted.
Dispatch: [with a slight laugh/giggle] Okay.
Top Gun is my favorite movie of all time and when I heard this, I busted out laughing. I guess you had to hear it for yourself.
Just a little background on the call first. PD and FD units were called to a local Subway sandwhich shop for an MVA with the vehicle crashing into the building and was inverted.
Unit: Advise the wrecker company [something, cannot remember what it was] because the vehicle is [in the same way and tone that Maverick in Top Gun says] inverted.
Dispatch: [with a slight laugh/giggle] Okay.
Top Gun is my favorite movie of all time and when I heard this, I busted out laughing. I guess you had to hear it for yourself.
trimmerj
Member
New Years eve, subject broke a beer bottle over his own head.
fletch97
Member
Those patients are always such a pain
An ambulance was dispatched for a cheerleader who had hurt her neck in practice. Dispatch advised the ambulance, "You're responding for a 15-year old female pain in the neck."
The transmission suddenly died as the dispatcher probably realized what he'd said and cut off before everyone heard him laughing.
An ambulance was dispatched for a cheerleader who had hurt her neck in practice. Dispatch advised the ambulance, "You're responding for a 15-year old female pain in the neck."
The transmission suddenly died as the dispatcher probably realized what he'd said and cut off before everyone heard him laughing.
