911:: Funny experiences on the radio

[Guest guest]

I have one officer who has severe allergies. This man can talk and sneeze at

the same time without missing a beat. Sure does make me want to say " god

bless you " all the time.

Kathy

[Guest guest]

Ok. this is actually a short one..

We have a state prison in our county and we get med calls there.

The street name that it is on is as follows:

------------West Rock Quarry Road-----------

NOW, try and say that rather quickly as if dispatching to

the location.. How does it sound? Check after my signature

to see if you get it Good luck

Toni Wyman, (CTO)...Gwinnett County Police, GA ( just N of HotLanta)

770 Hi Hope Rd, Lawrenceville, GA 30046

(These are only my opinions, not my agency's, after all they are the

government and they have opinions of their own)

For liability reasons my posts and opinions are to be reprinted with my

permission only

Email to: E911gal136@...

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Did you get this?

( West Wok Qwawwy Woad )

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 5/28/2000 8:06:49 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

NitePrey2@... writes:

<< Medic seven pulled on call shortly after that advising " M7 on call with

the " person pissed " . " We'll be in the bad ass curve " . >>

We would be SOOOO dead if this happened in our county.. Ettiquette is the key

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In a message dated 5/28/2000 11:18:25 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

magik@... writes:

<< Respond to *** E. Sandusky, reference a dispute between the Dicks and the

Balls. " Do you have any idea of how many bathroom breaks were taken after

that

dispatch? >>

I would have been the first one in the stall !!

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Toni Wyman, (CTO)...Gwinnett County Police, GA ( just N of HotLanta)

770 Hi Hope Rd, Lawrenceville, GA 30046

(These are only my opinions, not my agency's, after all they are the

government and they have opinions of their own)

For liability reasons my posts and opinions are to be reprinted with my

permission only

Email to: E911gal136@...

[Guest guest]

Well, it's time I say " Goodbye " to my 911 work. I was offered a wonderful

job (in law enforcement) and my last day on the radio was Saturday.

I will miss my 911 work so much! I love helping people (I know that sounds

cliche) and the fellow dispatchers and the great officers I have worked with.

I do want to respond to the " funny things on the radio " posting. I once

received a strange call from a hysterical person (quote)... " Oh, my God!!! My

pet pig is stuck in the porta potty and I cannot get him out!!!! " (--I

do not know if you were working at Dallas County yet. I thought long and

hard about how in the world I was going to instruct her (at the same time

fearing I may have to instruct her in animal CPR....YUK!!!) how to get that

pig out of the " potty " . She stayed on the line until I paged out a few

firemen to assist.....and what did I say on the radio?....exactly what the

frantic owner of the pig told me!!

Another unique situation was asking an officer to check an outside basketball

court for a donkey and 2 lamas......ITS TRUE!!!! Now, I do not know what the

donkey and lamas were doing because I was afraid to ask!!

Everyone take care and I have enjoyed reading all of the postings. Goodluck

to you all!

Roxanne Wacha

(If no one remembers who in the heck I am....my husband " Trooper for State

Patrol " and I shared an awesome experience together...we ran to the ballfield

a block away from our house and saved a man from dying by performing

CPR...all of the ambulances were busy and when we got there the man had no

pulse and was not breathing.....it was the best feeling in the world to have

made such an impact on a persons life!)

[Guest guest]

Well, it's time I say " Goodbye " to my 911 work. I was offered a wonderful

job (in law enforcement) and my last day on the radio was Saturday.

I will miss my 911 work so much! I love helping people (I know that sounds

cliche) and the fellow dispatchers and the great officers I have worked with.

I do want to respond to the " funny things on the radio " posting. I once

received a strange call from a hysterical person (quote)... " Oh, my God!!! My

pet pig is stuck in the porta potty and I cannot get him out!!!! " (--I

do not know if you were working at Dallas County yet. I thought long and

hard about how in the world I was going to instruct her (at the same time

fearing I may have to instruct her in animal CPR....YUK!!!) how to get that

pig out of the " potty " . She stayed on the line until I paged out a few

firemen to assist.....and what did I say on the radio?....exactly what the

frantic owner of the pig told me!!

Another unique situation was asking an officer to check an outside basketball

court for a donkey and 2 lamas......ITS TRUE!!!! Now, I do not know what the

donkey and lamas were doing because I was afraid to ask!!

Everyone take care and I have enjoyed reading all of the postings. Goodluck

to you all!

Roxanne Wacha

(If no one remembers who in the heck I am....my husband " Trooper for State

Patrol " and I shared an awesome experience together...we ran to the ballfield

a block away from our house and saved a man from dying by performing

CPR...all of the ambulances were busy and when we got there the man had no

pulse and was not breathing.....it was the best feeling in the world to have

made such an impact on a persons life!)

[Guest guest]

Roxanne, Best of luck in your new job. Think of us and come visit with an

update!!

Lyn

magik@...

Re: 911:: Funny experiences on the radio

> Well, it's time I say " Goodbye " to my 911 work. I was offered a wonderful

> job (in law enforcement) and my last day on the radio was Saturday.

>

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 00-05-30 00:32:34 EDT, you write:

<< Kum and Go (convinience store). >>

So let me understand this -- the guy went to the Kum and Go -- he had COME

into the store and he had to GO but then he couldn't GO?

[Guest guest]

I know this may not be funny to some, it may be one of those " you had to be

there " kinda funny experiences but I figured i would share anyway!!!!

One day i get a 911 call from an elderly lady that the whole dept. is

familiar with (dispatchers and officers all included) stating her upstairs

neighbor has their TV up somewhat loud and would like an officer to come by

and walk upstairs, since she was disabled, and speak with them. Upon the

officers arrival he heard no music from the upstairs apt. and no one even

answered the door!!! He decided to see if the complaintant could point it

out for him figuring I may have made an error in the correct location of the

noise. He knocked and knocked and knocked for several minutes but she never

answered the door so he called " 10-8 " (clear) and went about his patrol.

Well about a 1/2 hr later she calls back yelling and screaming that an

officer was never sent to her house. When i explained to her that he was

there and knocking on her door she tells me..... " oh i'm so sorry, I forgot to

put my hearing aids in!!!!! " (WHAT?????????????) When i had to send the

officer back and tell him the scenerio the whole squad went nuts!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now every time she calls (twice a day) we have to make sure to ask if her

hearing aids are in !!!!!!!!!

-Meredith

NBPD, NJ (Middlesex County)

[Guest guest]

I think the funniest thing about that story is the name of the

business... " kum and go? " hehehehehehehehehehehe.....think of the dispatch fun

that one woulda been....

stepping out of the gutter now....hehe

Cin in good ole Ohio

happy day, be safe....

[Guest guest]

<<

Another time had an officer out with a disorderly drunk guy. The officer was

trying to run a wanted check on the guy who was making A LOT of noise in the

background: " 10-29, last name , first name *SHUT THE F**K UP!!!* ,

middle name..... " - he didn't skip a beat, and I couldn't even answer him I

was in tears I was laughing so hard. >>

I can't believe this...I had basically the same thing. Officers in a foot

pursuit finally catch the guy and when they were trying to tell me where they

had finally caught him....it came across as 67th and " shut the fu*k " up. We

still to this day tease him and ask him just where that street is.

Chicago (Illinois) 9-1-1

Witchy666@...

my opinions.. ..never theirs.. ..and never to be used without prior written

consent

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 5/29/2000 11:38:50 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

Roket402@... writes:

<< Well, it's time I say " Goodbye " to my 911 work. I was offered a wonderful

job (in law enforcement) and my last day on the radio was Saturday. >>

Roxanne.. of COURSES we remember you!! I hope that just because you have

been offered a position in law enforcement, that doesn't mean you are totally

leaving the list !! You know, you can always get the digest version and

scan it every once in a while.. you don't have to leave us all together.

However, GOOD LUCK in your new career.! I am always excited when someone

gets an opportunity to enjoy a career that they have wanted to be in. Not

everyone gets their dream. Do keep in touch and let us know who it's going.

Toni Wyman, (CTO)...Gwinnett County Police, GA ( just N of HotLanta)

770 Hi Hope Rd, Lawrenceville, GA 30046

(These are only my opinions, not my agency's, after all they are the

government and they have opinions of their own)

For liability reasons my posts and opinions are to be reprinted with my

permission only

Email to: E911gal136@...

[Guest guest]

I wasn't going to get in on this thread, but then this morning as I

was shaving, a mental image flashed through my mind and I stood there

naked in the bathroom laughing outloud.

We have this particular officer, an officer of color, who is not a

country boy and not particularly fond of animals, especially farm

animals, and we are a rural department/county. We are always getting

calls for animals of various sorts getting out and wandering along

roadways.

This particular day, it seems like all this particular officer did

was animal calls of one type or another. We sent him on his third or

fourth animal complaint and while enroute, he was typing back and

forth to the dispatcher, generally making fun of the situation. He

was referring to the cows as Kaws and horses as hosses, etc.

He arrived in the vicinity and reported that these weren't Kaws but

Hosses on the loose. Actually it was a mule, but who's keeping

count. We advised him that the complaintant was next to a large

dairy facility and they definately were cows. He had stumbled upon

another problem while enroute, took care of that problem and ventured

up the road about another half-mile and stated he was out with the

Kaws.

His next transmission was priceless. He is in the middle of this

herd of cows and keys the mike to ask us to contact persons at the

so-and-so farm to assist --- as soon as he keyed up, this large and

long MMMMMOOOOOOOOO comes over the air. It sounded like this cow was

in the car with him. The timing was perfect!

Tears were streaming down the faces of all in the communications

center, and he will never live that one down.

Nick Wagner

Cortland Co. (NY) Sheriff's Dept

E9-1-1 Center/Sr. Supervisor

mailto:nwagner@...

[Guest guest]

At LAPD, our old status boards consisted of buttons to represent each unit,

and a slot directly above each button for their current call(s). See

http://www.snowcrest.net/marnells/kma787.htm to " get the picture " )

One night a very busy operator had misplaced a call-ticket, and needed info

off it...couldn't find it in the unit's slot. Two people were helping her

look through the fifty or so tags in the rack. Finally she found it. But

to her everlasting chagrin - and fame - she accidentally stepped on her

TRANSMIT pedal just as she said, (to about six divisions), " Oh! I put it in

the wrong hole. "

Then came the avalanche over ALL of our frequencies!

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Those foot-pedals are great...they leave both hands free, but they can bite

you occasionally, too.

Another dispatcher was waiting to transmit, city-wide, some emergency

broadcast. He waited, quietly, as each freq became " hot " on his mike,

except one. Finally, he got fed-up with the wait, and yelled to the rest

of us " Who's got the f***ing air? " To which a unit replied on my

frequency, " YOU do, brother, YOU do! "

Harry