Sometimes ya just gotta say it.

Hello Scanner Land. They are either a cops best friend or your biggest problem. They either love to listen in on whats going on in the area or they are nosy or bored, or all of the above. I was routinely one they loved. Mainly because I had fun with the police scanner listeners and would tell it like it is/was. No fancy radio codes, just plain English.

An example of this is one night I was dispatched to a Donkey had gotten loose and was causing traffic problems and running out onto the highway. I went to the area/town where it was reported to be and guess what, no donkey. I drove up and down the highway, the towns streets and looked everywhere I could think a free hoofing donkey might be. Nothing, not even anything that could be confused with a donkey. I spent a good 15-20 minutes looking and nothing could be found.

The proper way to have cleared from this call would have been to use the fancy 10 codes to clear the call and found nothing to report. Well I didn't do that. I called in by radio and stated to dispatch I was clearing, and apparently I can't find my ass for a hole in the ground.

Like I said, scanner land loved me.