Overheard on Police Scanner

Lure of fishing led to chance rescue
Albany Times Union
Fox said he usually lugs a police scanner with him to listen to calls, but left it at home Monday night. His mother, however, was tuned in. Through the scanner's scratchy signal, Carol Fox heard the dramatic call unfold in its entirety, but had no idea ...


Dayton SWAT called to house on Hoover Ave.
WHIO Dayton
All were put in police cruisers. According to scanner traffic, an armed robbery in progress was reported and when officers arrived they could see people were still inside the home. Policeannounced their presence over a bullhorn and ordered whoever was ...


Scanner Report: Students Unconscious at St. Michael's
Patch.com
Emergency crews are responding to a report of five St. Michael's School students unconscious at Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church on Old Bethlehem Pike in Upper Saucon Township, according to police scanner transmissions.