Overheard on Police Scanner

Firefighters respond on natural gas leak
Topeka Capital Journal
Police radio scanner traffic indicated an underground, residential natural gas line running between two houses may have been damaged. Orleans is a street that runs north and south and is located about four blocks east of SW Gage Boulevard.


Update: Apparent suicide victim 72-year-old man
Midland Daily News
Midland Police are investigating what appears to be a suicide that occurred inside a truck parked at the Midland Mall. Scanner traffic at 11:50 am alerted police, MidMichigan Medical Center paramedics and City of Midland firefighters to a report of a ...


Listen: Officer Struck Twice in Chase
Patch.com
It began at a convenience store at Tennessee and Felton streets and continued north on US 411 to Tractor Supply, where officers reported the driver had "rammed" a police car. The officer, who said, "I got hit two times," according to police scanner ...


Man takes his life in Mall parking lot
Midland Daily News
Scanner traffic at 11:50 am alerted Midland Police, MidMichigan Medical Center-Midland paramedics and City of Midland firefighters to a report of a man who had suffered a gunshot wound to his head, and that it appeared to be self-inflicted.


Man shot near Davey Moore Park
Springfield News Sun
Earlier emergency radio traffic reports that the victim was shot in the head were incorrect, according to Williams. The victim's gunshot wound is non-life threatening, according to Springfield Police Chief Stephen Moody. Scanner traffic also indicated ...