My husband called me as he was leaving to go snowmachining and saw a large number of police heading up the mountain to the road behind us. EMS parked at the bottom of the mountain.
Tried finding a police scanner app to see if I could hear anything, but apps are crap.
I texted another neighbor who’s retired firefighter, but they didn’t have a scanner either.
Their son is current firefighter and gave us an update - gunshot inside a residence.
But this makes me realize that even though we have been looking at getting a scanner for a while, we haven’t been looking diligently.
Hoping someone here can recommend a solid unit?
You may hear routine cop communications but the really interesting stuff (drug raids, undercover ops, ert.) are usually on private, secure tactical channels and are also usually encrypted. I doubt you could tune in to those.
They also get communication over their notebook computers attached to their cars dash.
Here is an interesting read for those interested https://auto.howstuffworks.com/police-car3.htm
Thanks.
Wow, super informative! Thank goodness I’ve never had to see the inside of one in person 😅
Thanks - that’s kinda what I thought. So probably not worth investing in?
Well, I didn't say that, you might be able to learn a lot from the routine comms traffic. The gun fired call you mentioned might have been on the routine channels, but the police are well aware of scanners and treat their tactical info -- investigations, raids, SWAT teams, and such -- with encrypted secret channels.
Yes, there is SWAT on site and neighbor with current firefighter son said they were sending the robot in. Wow - on our sleepy little mountain!
I think I’ll investigate our PD and see if they have info on their “robot”. Wonder if it is the new dog type one?
Most of the cop-robots I've seen are on two treads (skid-steer type) mounted with cameras and a 12-gauge shotgun, and a speaker to communicate, if possible, with victims and/or perpetrators. The type you describe (the so-called "dogs" that walk on four limbs, are still in trials AND they are vulnerable to anyone with a rifle, as there are critical points where they can be rendered inoperable... a rifle round to the point where any of the limbs attach to the body (actuators, and there are 4 of them) and the central processing unit, which is located almost dead center of the body. A round (or two or three) can disable these things, especially green-tip armor piercing rounds.