Re: 911:: BOLO for Santa broadcast Xmas Eve on Orange County CA Sheriff's RED Frequency

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At 05:44 12/25/2001 -0800, that great guy Harry Marnell advised us:

> Description : BOLO call for Santa broadcast Xmas Eve on Orange County

>Sheriff's RED Frequency

>

>Anyone, including non-subscribers, can access this file at the URL

>

>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/in-progress/files/santa-alert.wav

That pretty much tops this post of mine, which is merely the text of our

BOL (and story around it). I'll be able to make a copy off our recorder

but I can't convert the cassette copy to a wav for y'all.

Because CHP officers are so " vehicle code oriented, " the BOL I created is

specifically for them. We also frequently broadcast descriptions of

speeding vehicles stopped by an officer when s/he advises it's a " WILL GO

AGAIN " and gives the distant destination of the unhappy, cited driver. So

it gets relayed from radio to radio and often from different CHP Comm

Centers to others. (Stop a speeder at really excessive speeds a third

time, and it's off to jail for 'em.) Since my Comm Center covers nearly

200 miles of Hwy 101 between the 450 mile stretch from Los Angeles to San

Francisco, " WILLGO " is a commonly used CAD complaint type. <grin> Oh, all

licenses are phonetically spelled, not " pronounced, " just to set up the

following BOL.

Without further ado:

This is the BOL I broadcast at 2313 hrs on both our radios, simultaneously

(to cover four counties):

" Monterey to all units, stand by to copy BOL relayed from Northern Division

for suspect and vehicle wanted for numerous violations.

Suspect vehicle described as lowered early model convertible - souped up V8

or other high-powered horsepower engine, personalized Ohio license: " CLAUS "

- license clear in NCIC.

Reported as 23103 (reckless), also in violation of 25269 (displaying red

warning light to front) and 24002a (unsafe load).

Driver is an older WMA, white hair and beard, wearing red running sweats

with white trim and a red hat with a white tassel. Driver is known for

being Jolly in a No-Jolly zone and has been cited numerous times tonight;

is a definite " WILL GO AGAIN. " Last seen southbound at a high rate of

speed, subject stated he had places to go and presents to leave.

Repeating: BOL for a WILL GO AGAIN, 23103 convertible, personalized OH

plate: CLAUS. If located, stop, cite, and advise Dispatch of any and all

contacts. End of BOL, KDE682 at 2313 hrs. "

On one radio, a unit advised he was out of position. ( " Procedure " for

units when BOLs specifically targeted to a beat unit, although this one

wasn't.) On the other radio, within a minute, another unit advised he WAS

on a stop with the BOL vehicle, and it was definitely a " WILL GO " - and in

the background, the sound of sleigh bells were clearly audible. (Several

times throughout the night, those sleigh bells were broadcast, anonymously,

over the air from the field. It was obviously a recording of the

distinctive sounds.)

One officer, as he came in to go off duty at 0330 hrs, sniped at me, " So,

why no Santa BOL tonight, HUH?? " When I told him I had broadcast it, and

at 2313 hrs, he looked abashed and said, " Oh, we were at the jail with our

DUI then... crap. " <chuckling>

A few minutes later, a rookie came in - one of the still " shy " ones - and

he said, " Hey, that BOL was cool - I pulled over and was starting to write

it down.... I didn't get it right away... even when you started with the

red suit, then it hit me. Doh! huh? " I grinned and said, " So the phonetic

Lincoln Adam Union Sam didn't tip you off when you wrote out the

letters? "

That was the fun part of the shift. No fatalities in our area, but LOTS of

DUI arrests (pretty sad, huh?) and a few stupid accidents without serious

injuries. We also assisted two different sheriff's departments in

establishing perimeters for two or three interrupted residential

burglaries. (One suspect was captured - wahoo!)

The late shift dispatchers are planning a potluck dinner tonight - I get to

bring the paper plates. Guess I'll have to make a stop at a 7-11 on my

way in.

Happy to be here, proud to serve.

Olmstead

Communications Supervisor

~on the Central California coastline~

" Not presumed to be an official statement of my employing agency. "

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