PHOENIX_SCANNER
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For whatever reasons, PPD decided to leave a pretty cool operation on A5 (in the clear) for hours Saturday night and I was wondering if anyone else caught the action.
So a guy shoots a cop, flees to some apartments, takes a hostage, and a standoff begins. A nora unit requested a restricted channel, but the lieutenant wanted the traffic kept on A. So for most of the even you could hear almost everything going on. The K9 searches in attics, the tactical guys using the "curly cam", snipers getting into position, laying out lines of fire and planning shots. Negotiators talking about what was being said with the bad guy, etc.
Unfortunately, near the end they went to a restricted TG and that was it. The guy ended up surrendering.
Cool stuff, and with the new yagi in place I could actually hear everything. I hadn't heard that much PPD action on a scanner since the days of UHF chase channels. Usually when things start to unfold it is right to a secured talkgroup. Very unusual.
So a guy shoots a cop, flees to some apartments, takes a hostage, and a standoff begins. A nora unit requested a restricted channel, but the lieutenant wanted the traffic kept on A. So for most of the even you could hear almost everything going on. The K9 searches in attics, the tactical guys using the "curly cam", snipers getting into position, laying out lines of fire and planning shots. Negotiators talking about what was being said with the bad guy, etc.
Unfortunately, near the end they went to a restricted TG and that was it. The guy ended up surrendering.
Cool stuff, and with the new yagi in place I could actually hear everything. I hadn't heard that much PPD action on a scanner since the days of UHF chase channels. Usually when things start to unfold it is right to a secured talkgroup. Very unusual.
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