San Jose Live Audio Recordings

[lilbul]

Does anyone have a recording of the SJPD or SJFD communications from the evening of August 26, 2010? I know that some people record these things and keep interesting incidents in their records. I really need to find any communications from that day pertaining to an accident involving a pedestrian and a police cruiser.
Or perhaps anyone recalls hearing something about this incident? Please let me know, as this is very important. Thank you.

 

[kma371]

Archives here aren't kept that long. I suggest you contact the department directly. And if it's an insurance thing normally if its important enough, the insurance company will get it themselves.

I dont know how communication recordings would be helpful in an accident investigation though.

 

[lilbul]

I realize that live audio recordings are only saved for 30 days, so I was wondering if any members on this website either heard anything that pertains to this pedestrian and police officer accident in Downtown San Jose or actually has a recording from August 26, 2010. I hear that the Downtown SJ radio channel is very popular and someone must have heard something.

This recording could be very useful for me, as the original radio communication has been destroyed. If anyone has any information (even if it is hearsay), we would love to hear from you.

Thank you for your reply.
L

 

[searingxheretic]

I realize that live audio recordings are only saved for 30 days, so I was wondering if any members on this website either heard anything that pertains to this pedestrian and police officer accident in Downtown San Jose or actually has a recording from August 26, 2010. I hear that the Downtown SJ radio channel is very popular and someone must have heard something.

This recording could be very useful for me, as the original radio communication has been destroyed. If anyone has any information (even if it is hearsay), we would love to hear from you.

Thank you for your reply.
L

I actually find it aggravating that you joined these forums just to ask this question. I would hope that you would state your intentions as to why you need this recording before anyone gives it to you, if they even have it.

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[lilbul]

Well, this recording could be very useful in a civil lawsuit brought by the pedestrian who was badly injured. Most evidence pertaining to the officer's negligence was destroyed. I did not mean to disrespect or insult anyone. This is just the last and only opportunity to recover a recording from that night.

 

[kma371]

Well, this recording could be very useful in a civil lawsuit brought by the pedestrian who was badly injured. Most evidence pertaining to the officer's negligence was destroyed. I did not mean to disrespect or insult anyone. This is just the last and only opportunity to recover a recording from that night.

how would anything the officer said over the radio prove there was negligence on behalf of the officer involved?

let me guess, your a lawyer?

 

[UvGotIssuesToo]

Wow...I read the title to mean audio recordings from San Jose Live...that short-lived entertainment complex in downtown. :::silly me:::

 

[lilbul]

No, I am not a lawyer. I just want to help someone out. I truly need to know if someone heard anything about this accident. Any information could be useful!

 

[drsl2000]

negligent 4 sure

Yes, I heard that the officer was driving badly and was negligent.

My wifes' friends' sister-in-laws' boyfreinds' mothers' uncle was in San Jose that week and heard everything on his BC250XLT.

 

[lilbul]

Please do not turn this into a joke. This incident is very serious to everyone involved.

 

[UvGotIssuesToo]

You do realize that most of the members here are, though I can't speak for everyone - so I may be assuming a little, are pro-law enforcement and you're asking for information that will be used against an LEO, right?

 

[zerg901]

"Pro law-enforcement" means covering up for bad officers? "Pro law enforcement" means belittling someone who is asking a simple question? If the info will be "used against an LEO", are you confirming that the officer was negligent?

 

[UvGotIssuesToo]

"Pro law-enforcement" means covering up for bad officers? "Pro law enforcement" means belittling someone who is asking a simple question? If the info will be "used against an LEO", are you confirming that the officer was negligent?

Where did I ever say anyone was covering up for bad officers? My post wasn't meant to belittle, but to remind the OP and perhaps add a possible reason as to why he/she isn't getting any responses. If you need to believe there's some conspiracy to cover anything up or confirm anything...that's between you and the tinfoil hat.

 

[loumaag]

Everyone

Please stop sending in reports on this topic unless something that violates the rules of the site are involved.

The OP here has already been contacted about cross-posting, if he/she doesn't do that again the current topic is just fine. If you don't like what he/she is asking about, just move on and ignore it. :roll:

To the OP:
This site's community is comprised mostly of hobbyists who are highly suspicious of folks asking for something that might cause public safety personnel any grief. Your query smacks of someone looking to do exactly that; no matter what your motive, the question was asked in that manner. As a result you will get generally hostile comments unless you explain your reasoning to the satisfaction of those that you are seeking aid from; if you don't wish to do that, then just ignore the hostile comments.

 

[lilbul]

Hello everyone and Lou:

Thank you for your comments, even the ones that are negative, because you all bring up excellent points.

As I mentioned before, we need to know if anyone heard ANYTHING regarding this accident because the audio tapes and all communications between the officers were deleted. But most importantly, the defendants are saying that the whole system went down shortly before the accident at 8:23 PM on August 26, 2010. We need to know if this is true.

I completely respect this complex hobby and I am not posting this thread to create problems. This is the last and only chance we have to find out the TRUTH! I am also pro-law enforcement and am honored to live in a country that abides by the law. But when steps are taken to keep the truth away from someone, we as a society need to speak up when we can. Please do not be upset with this thread. Just realize that we are doing this because there is just no other way to figure out what happened that night!

Thank you
L

 

[JoeyC]

If I may ask, how would the system going down before the accident (whether it did or didn't) matter with respect to finding out how or why a pedestrian was struck by a police car? Details of the causes of this type of situation are not going to be discussed over the air. I assume you are suggesting that the police are trying to cover up some aspect of their responsibility in this accident? I am also not sure how long any police department retains the recordings of their broadcasts. It is 2 years ago. Did not getting to the bottom of this come up in 2010?

 

[lilbul]

The lawsuit was filed less than a year after the accident. The defendants had a duty to retain the records for at least 14 months. We have heard a lot of excuses from them and I want to see which ones are true. For example, they cannot provide the officer's GPS records (to see how fast he was going at the time of the accident) because the system was down. If someone heard anything about this incident, it would disprove that the system was in fact down.

 

[JoeyC]

Thanks for the additional info. I'm no expert on AVL tracking, but don't think that if it were down, that the entire radio system necessarily would be too. I know where I live, the mobile data computers in PD cars frequently go down, fail, hiccup or just don't work properly but that does not affect voice radio traffic.

 

[lilbul]

Thank you for your response. I will do more research on this. We are just now starting to understand how the whole system works.

 

[kma371]

I think the biggest issue you will have is, someone telling you something they heard is called hearsay which doesn't hold up in court.

For example, Im telling you i heard the officer say He was going 100mph.
That's hearsay. Unless I was in the car looking at the speedometer And I had direct knowledge he was going 100mph, my statement would not be admitted as evidence.

So me hearing an officer say the system was down over the radio would be the same thing.

Also, if you have a lawyer, which I assume you do, why aren't they doing all this leg work or you? That's why they get paid big money, to do their job. And if they aren't looking into this for you, as important as it seems to you, it might be smart to find someone else.