A few days ago, various OPP units were following a rogue cab (tractor, no trailer) from Whitby on the 407 westbound to the 401, then the 402, then the back county roads around Chatham. This started around 5 pm, ended at 12:45 am in London where the cab was stopped on Highbury and Huron where the driver was tasered. I was listening to this live when it was happening. I've not come across any media reporting this story.
OPP followed rig from Whitby to Chatham (407/401/402)
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How do you think media gets this info? From people like us that send in news tips in a variety of manners. From a dedicated person in a news room listening. (I don't think happens in Canada anymore) From news beat reporters having sources in the PD,FD,AMB service.
It takes a lot in order to make this happen. In my experience, the main news guy might not give a fiddlers fart about that particular situation hence, zero word on your news feed.
If you want it to happen, get a list of all the media outlets you listen to to create a Twitter account (as Sum_Guy) and tweet what you hear at them.
They all have social media , so that would be a good starting point.
EJB
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What talkgroup did you hear this on? Did various detachments come in and out as they traveled?
The OPP West have a Twitter and sometimes they post stuff like this.
randyf
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I heard this on London Scanner. And yes, I was hearing it from all the way out to Whitby / Oshawa. I was wondering why I was hearing OPP chatter from so far away from the London/Middlesex area that I normally hear.
I did post a tip to Blackburn News the next day (or the same day as it ended in the early AM) because they have a place on their website you can enter a tip. London Free Press and CTV news don't have a place you can enter a tip on their websites. I'm not going to send them an email.
A running dialog was happening on the London Scanner page when this was happening, and I know some / many / a lot of people read it, almost certainly some that are connected to London Free Press, but maybe not.
I did post a tip to Blackburn News the next day (or the same day as it ended in the early AM) because they have a place on their website you can enter a tip. London Free Press and CTV news don't have a place you can enter a tip on their websites. I'm not going to send them an email.
A running dialog was happening on the London Scanner page when this was happening, and I know some / many / a lot of people read it, almost certainly some that are connected to London Free Press, but maybe not.
Yes, I definitely heard this on the London OPP talkgroup. I heard the whole operation about when they were at the border at Sarnia following before he did a U-turn and stayed in Canada. Before they were worried about the border with civilians and the OPP didn't have jurisdiction in the U.S.
Muxlow
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I heard this, also. Truck was entering Chatham-Kent and had them on standby as it was passing into Dresden, then ended up back in Lambton County around Petrolia. I saw they had the helicopter out and it landed at the Sarnia Airport to get some gas. Crazy how long this crap went on for before it stopped.
Agreed. Caution is one thing but delays like this create dangers to others the longer the situation is allowed to persist. Stop sticks work on trucks too. Not to mention there are other safe ways to stop vehicles if required.
The OPP has zero stomach for engaging any vehicle. When the Comm Sargent gets wind of a pursuit, he radios instructions for the cruiser to pull over if the vehicle being flagged doesn't stop. In this case they were going to great lengths to arrange unmarked cars to be in the right place to follow this truck and to keep marked cars well out of sight along the route.
They did try throwing some spike belts out a couple of times when the rig was on a county road, but they didn't seem to work. When the rig was in London, the LPS used more belts and maybe that's what eventually stopped the rig.
The rig's speed and driving habits were radioed in constantly. This guy kept to the posted speed, signaled every turn, stopped at every sign and light. So his threat-level to the public was hard to judge. I was thinking they could have rolled a couple snow plows out and arranged them to block either end of a long county road he was on to at least contain him. On air, they theorized he had a few thousand km worth of fuel on board, good for many hours of touring.
They did try throwing some spike belts out a couple of times when the rig was on a county road, but they didn't seem to work. When the rig was in London, the LPS used more belts and maybe that's what eventually stopped the rig.
The rig's speed and driving habits were radioed in constantly. This guy kept to the posted speed, signaled every turn, stopped at every sign and light. So his threat-level to the public was hard to judge. I was thinking they could have rolled a couple snow plows out and arranged them to block either end of a long county road he was on to at least contain him. On air, they theorized he had a few thousand km worth of fuel on board, good for many hours of touring.
Snow plows?????? Really?????? Unfortunately snow plows are meant for road barricades, the drivers/operators have no policing knowledge and what municipality would want their equipment used in this way? Give your head a shake. 🤦♂️
The event is long over and the discussion is heading into the weeds. Let's end it here.
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