Funny/Odd things heard on the scanner

car2back

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Had a deputy respond to a single vehicle rollover, unknown injuries last night. Only in Oklahoma will you here this:

"County, show me back 10-8 (in service), subjects here advised driver was taken to the hospital via Personally Owned Vehicle. Also cancel Highway Patrol, they have a tractor onscene flipping the vehicle over now and are going to pull it home with it."
 

hoser147

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Last night hear St. Mary s Ohio PD sending units to Cleveland St. Reference to subjects shooting off fireworks upon arrival officers talked to subject and they agreed to quite it down. At 12:30 pm approx 20 min later dispatcher called units and advised same subjects were riding a SNowmobile at the same house 65 degrees out. Upon arrival subject placed underarrest for Operating under influence on the snowmobile. Driver went to clink.........hoser147
 

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12/24/2005 11:48 pm....

Gordon County to all units, be on the lookout for an older white male wearing a red suit. He was last seen heading north into calhoun riding on a sley being pulled by eight reindeer. The complaintant states that the subject was delivering presents to good little boys and girls.



I couldn't do anything except pull the car over and die laughing.
 

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FIRE MAIN: Fire IC you have 1 helo enroute to you with a stokes.
Fire IC: Copy, where is he going to land?
FIRE MAIN: That is up to you, I am in a room with NO windows, maybe you should decide.
Fire IC: Whats the ETA?
FIRE MAIN: Less than 10 mins.
Fire IC: Tell the pilot were setting up an LZ to the west of the engine.
 

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Just found this thread and have been reading it off and on all day.

Funniest thing I ever heard was four or five years ago at an air show at Hanscom AFB in Massachusetts. (I may have some of the details wrong - was a while ago). Then Secretary of the Air Force Sheila Widnall was in attendance, in the VIP area. (Side note - my wife used to babysit for her kids, when she was Professor Widnall and we were students at MIT). Anyhoo, there was a B1 fly-by, and I was listening to ground-to-air comms. A high-speed, high-level pass, then a couple of low-and-slows back and forth along the runway in front of the spectators. The following comms (roughly) ensued:

B1: Hanscom, Air Force 123 returning to base.
Hanscom: AF 123, request you make another low-level pass.
B1: Negative, RTB.
Hanscom: Strongly suggest you make another pass.
B1: Negative, we've completed the program, RTB.
Hanscom: The Secretary of the Air Force requests that you make another pass.
B1: Air force 123 making a left 180 for another pass over the runway.

Another "You had to hear the tone of voice" post :)

Dennis, N1DB
 

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A friend of mine (PDXBOFH) sent me this recording I have typed it up for all to enjoy if you would like the original send me a PM :) Enjoy
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Dispatch: Dispatch to XXXX this will be a fight at XYZ Unit number 12
Caller is reporting that he was just pushed out of the house

Officer 1: Thats the guy I just talked to (laughing) I just got off the phone with him 2 minutes ago hes 12-34 (Mental) I'll go over and make contact

Dispatch: Hes outside the location right now in a brown pickup do you want XXXX to head your way?

Officer 1: No two minutes ago he had monkeys stealing his stuff I'll advise.

Officer 2: XXXX I'm not on anything Im right down the street why not send it to me incase we find any of the monkeys

Dispatch: Ok XXXX I'll put you on the call

Officer 1: XXXX they're medium sized monkeys he says

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XXXX = Unit Numbers
XYZ = Address
 
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Going on right now in Carrollton:

Disp: 41 & 45 take the disturbance at the IHOP on Old Denton, manager called 911 reporting a drunk man claiming to be Batman making very large scene and upsetting customers.

:lol:
 

jf222

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Fire chief to dispatch:
"There is no vehicle and no trailer, but there is a boat in the middle of the road."

Owner did return about 5 minutes later when he finally realized what had happened.
 

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that reminds me of a call my FD ran on last summer: subject loading a boat at Skiatook Lake boatramp that is on fire.....


Engine 1: Morgan's Corner Engine one to Osage County Sheriff, we just passed the subject with the boat ; it is fully involved and headed east bound on Highway 20 towards Skiatook at speeds of 80+ mph... can we get a unit to make a traffic stop so we can extinguish the fire?

apparently the guy thought if he would drive real fast, the wind would put the fire out :roll:
 
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JMR3865

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Eatontown Police received a call for a passing motorist throwing an apple at a child. Oceanport PD advised their patrol of the situation.

Oceanport

Eatontown advised that they had a passing motorist throw an apple at a child on abc st.

Then

Eatontown also gave an update that the child was hit in the stomache and it is unknown the variety of (pause) apple.

They later found the vehicle.

Can't make it up, and these people get over 80 grand a year!
 

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Funny things heard on the scanner

This being the Tavern for off-topic stuff . . .

Being tired, at work on last of four 12-hours shifts...it's slow and I've got my 396 on...a fire dep't dispatcher states:
"Respond to 'xxx-address' for an odor investigation at PetSmart"

I am still laughing outloud. Just struck me as very humurous.
 

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Heard this on our county sheriff's channel:

ZebraXX:
'County from ZebraXX'
County: 'ZebraXX'
ZebraXX: 'ZebraXX will be clear of the pumps with 10 gallons of super'
County: 'That's Wonderful!'

Heard this last night on PD South talkgroup:

SierraXX:
'County, negative on 450 (Drunk Driver), It was a lost motorist from Australia, from the land down under'
County: 'SierraXX, can you repeat that?' Chuckles heard in the background.
SierraXX: Said much slower this time: 'Negative on 450, It was a lost motorist from Australia, the land down under, we'll be clear'
County: '10-4!'
Unknown Unit: 'Boy, he must have really been lost!'
 

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heard on local sheriff freq. just now

unit: final stop is at xxx ave - cal personalized <feedback> mary <feedback> adam <feedback> yellow (pause, feedback) lady adam yellow

county: is that mary adam yellow, lady adam yellow?

unit: Somthin like that!

followed by a series of kerchunks.
 

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Just heard on Seymour, CT Fire Dispatch:

Unit XXX: FM 1, we're clear and available

FM 1: Roger, XXX clear and available at 0-12-12... oh wait that's not a number...(laughing)... clear at 12:12 (laughing heavily)

Unit XXX: Oh, close enough!

Unit YYY: It's been a longggg day. (more laughing)
 

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About twenty years ago I was listening to a foot chase of the local police agency. The officer was calling in with his location as the chase progressed. Then his radio keyed up and he sounded like he was going to give an update but instead he said:

"Oh S**T he just got hit by the F***ING bus"

This was followed by about two minutes of silence from the dispatcher and every other officer while they regained composure to talk on the radio.
 

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disp, 25 copy?

25.

Yea i'm going to go ahead and have you head on over to 6,1,8,0,0 x boulevard. copy?

25. copy 61800 x bouleverd.

Disp, Yea thats going to be 61800 x bouleverd. Not 6800 x bouleverd.

25. Yea Thats Whats I Said The Fisrt Time You Said It. (annoyd)

Disp, Young Man I Will Not Have That Tone.

25. I apologise.

LOL Just listening to this guy directing units, you can tell he has them all in check. It's like he knows exactly who's on the other end. Eaven funnier is his personal cander with each individual on the radio.
 
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radio10-8

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Overheard on a backup channel local pd. 2 male officers, (1.) Hey are you there? (2.) yeah go... (1.) OK here's the deal I say a number two #4's. (2.) OK sounds good, I'll watch it from here in case he comes out the front. (1.) OK I'll move on it. ** 20 minutes go by of nothing....** HEARD on MAIN channel: (1.) ok im back in position, there was along line in the drive thru but I did get our two #4's and I got you a diet coke, so your partner or you over to come get it.. DISPATCHER: 10-4 I will send my partner over to get it from you. (1.) who is this and di you know your on a police channel? DISPATCHER: This is your dispatcher, yes I know where I am and did you know you are on channel 1? Silence.........30 mins later 1 asks 2 about going for some starbucks? 2 tells 1 "Make sure you take some to comm!!!"
 
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