Is Coming this weekend ! I like to post this thread for those who might travel to Galveston for the event February 21st to March 4th , if you bring you scanner you can monitor the dispatch channels as well as hear activity pertaining to the events on Galveston county talk groups events A , B , C , D , E. They will relay on talk groups warn 8 thru warn 12 on interop channels as well , and are Heard on the Galveston county simulcast site
Galveston Mardi gras 2025
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I'm waiting for the bike and jeep fests this year. Got plenty of popcorn stashed ahead.
I don't think there will be a jeep weekend due to the New sheriff in Galveston county vowing to put an end to it permanently
That's what I'm waiting to see. Going to be a bunch of torqued-up yahoos going nuts over that.
I stand corrected ! I just read where that whimp of a sheriff running the county now has decided to allow it to continue now that Houston police has offered to help the Galveston county sheriff's office with extra patrol officers WTF ? They are in Harris county not Galveston ! Go figure
Crazy stuff. It's just going to keep getting worse.
I attended the first Mardi Gras after COVID. When compared to past Mardi Gras festivals, it was boring relative to scanner activity.
I believe the county cleaned things up.
The big parade toward the end of the festival was flanked with DPS motorcycles instead of the usual Galveston PD motorcycle escorts.
Even the Victorian cleaned the site up.
I have been to Galveston Mardi Gras over 20 times.
I think Galveston might be attempting to make this event "family friendly."
In have monitored Galveston LE for many years with different scanners.
I heard and witnessed some mighty interesting things.
One year, while sitting in the back of the Best Western on the Sea Wall, a couple pulled into the adjacent parking spot & started screwing like rabbits. My friend's eyes got big as saucers. I recall a woman falling out of her Yukon stinking drunk, in the middle of the road next to the Victoria.
One year, I heard some really stupid suspected gang members smoking up the car like Cheech & Chong. There were six in the car. They were promptly arrested on IH45.
It was quite common for couples to screw in the pool at the Victorian.
While across from the Catholic school along the parade route, I heard gunshots followed by a police helicopter nearby.
I brought two people down to experience vicarious debauchery coming through the scanners, but nothing really exciting happened.
The Mummers were there. That saved the parade, LOL.
So, if Mardi Gras returns to the crazy past, please let me know what you hear.
I believe the county cleaned things up.
The big parade toward the end of the festival was flanked with DPS motorcycles instead of the usual Galveston PD motorcycle escorts.
Even the Victorian cleaned the site up.
I have been to Galveston Mardi Gras over 20 times.
I think Galveston might be attempting to make this event "family friendly."
In have monitored Galveston LE for many years with different scanners.
I heard and witnessed some mighty interesting things.
One year, while sitting in the back of the Best Western on the Sea Wall, a couple pulled into the adjacent parking spot & started screwing like rabbits. My friend's eyes got big as saucers. I recall a woman falling out of her Yukon stinking drunk, in the middle of the road next to the Victoria.
One year, I heard some really stupid suspected gang members smoking up the car like Cheech & Chong. There were six in the car. They were promptly arrested on IH45.
It was quite common for couples to screw in the pool at the Victorian.
While across from the Catholic school along the parade route, I heard gunshots followed by a police helicopter nearby.
I brought two people down to experience vicarious debauchery coming through the scanners, but nothing really exciting happened.
The Mummers were there. That saved the parade, LOL.
So, if Mardi Gras returns to the crazy past, please let me know what you hear.
I will be monitoring the event and I will let you know if anything crazy happens
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I was listening on Sunday and things were pretty busy until about 7pm when most of the events ended. Lots of public intoxication, disturbances. things like that.
Yeah , I heard a few fights , some resisting arrest , a motorcycle jockey was invaded in a minor MVA , other than that a few accidents von Broadway which is typical during the busy weekends
Next weekend is more geared towards family activities , but still could have some drinks being arrested and I believe March 8th starts spring break in Galveston 😲 then police get really busy once again ! It's too bad someone doesn't do a police reality show in Galveston during spring break ,
Next weekend is more geared towards family activities , but still could have some drinks being arrested and I believe March 8th starts spring break in Galveston 😲 then police get really busy once again ! It's too bad someone doesn't do a police reality show in Galveston during spring break ,
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Producing Police reality programs in the State of Texas, has been outlawed since 2021.
I did not know this. Texas is getting weirder.
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What? Outlawed by who, the state legislature? New Awluns Mardi Gras is really cooking on here: New Orleans Public Safety Earlier DPS units were backing up local cops in Galveston and DPS 102 was overhead. I've been alternating between listening to New Orleans and Galveston-just turned Galveston back on. If you're listening to the Galveston Broadcastify feed they've got detectives doing surveillance on one of the channels that's kind of monopolizing the feed. They've been doing that surveillance for hours
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See the Javier Amblers Act
Texas governor signs Javier Ambler’s Law, barring law enforcement from teaming up with reality TV
Under a new law signed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, law enforcement agencies in the state can no longer work with reality TV shows.
www.ksat.com
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That's interesting. This Youtuber just recently made a series of ride along programs with DPS troopers and Texas Rangers near the border. I wonder how he got away with that-this is the 1st episode:See the Javier Amblers Act
Texas governor signs Javier Ambler’s Law, barring law enforcement from teaming up with reality TV
Under a new law signed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, law enforcement agencies in the state can no longer work with reality TV shows.
The law If I understand it right, means they can't do a show live with police and broadcast it live. However if it's taped and put on a show later it is legal , correct ?
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Beats the heck outta me. I thought all these reality police shows were taped and edited. Btw, that youtube series that I posted is incredibly educational. The DPS spent a lot of time explaining exactly what the border situation is like, and as a Texan I learned a lot of things I never knew before.
I'll check it out. So I also wonder if news media can still cover police chases as they are happening ? I haven't seen any on the News in a long time 🤔
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Yea, I dunno about the news media, but I don't see how police reality shows could be done live anyway. I mean, what are they gonna do-sit in the patrol car or drive around on patrol for 45 minutes until they finally get a radio call and then respond to it? And who knows what the nature of that call would be? They could go the whole shift without anything really interesting going on. I would think that would get boring pretty quick.
Anyway, Galveston cops are pretty busy right now dealing with Mardi Gras. They've got quite a bit of DPS helping out, DPS 102 and even Harris County SO. I alternate between listening to them and the New Orleans cops. It seems like these spectators in New Awluns spend more time beating each other up than watching the parades
. Either that or somebody's constantly losing track of their little kids. They even have a channel set aside just for missing children.
