A dozen cop cars just tore past my house going flat out

"Dusty Ventures" (dustyventures) 09/18/2017 at 01:16 • Filed to: None

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Turned on the scanner for the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! they’re talking about setting up a spike strip on the interstate. This should be interesting.

1:19 AM: Car being chased is a white Mazda, they said something about the occupants firing on the police cars in pursuit

1:22 AM: An officer on a different call just gave the name (spelled even), date of birth, license number, and social security number of a person (suspect?) on an unencrypted radio frequency. Dude should work for Equifax

1:28 AM: State police have been told to stand down and let the Springfield police engage in pursuit, but be ready in case the car gets back on the highway. Springfield does encrypt their frequency, so no way to hear what’s going on there

1:29 AM: Chase has switched to foot pursuit. Or possibly one suspect on foot one still in car

1:33 AM: Foot pursuit is on the railroad tracks. And heeeeeeeere comes a train. Seriously.

1:47 AM: Still searching for suspect on foot. Dispatch called in to inform officers that the suspect has a long record of violence and weapons charges and is currently on probation.

2:20 AM: RELEASE THE HOUNDS

2:55 AM:

Stef Schrader > Dusty Ventures 09/18/2017 at 01:19

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{ whips out popcorns }

Wheelerguy > Stef Schrader 09/18/2017 at 01:22

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I have fries.

Wheelerguy > Dusty Ventures 09/18/2017 at 01:23

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Oppo roll call. Anyone who’s absent is either cop or crook.

Present

Svend > Dusty Ventures 09/18/2017 at 01:29

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Scanners are pretty pointless in the U.K., the police radios are encrypted so you’ll get the odd truck driver or private security company, sometimes you can hear the aircraft in the local area or military aircraft heading south through the Mach Loop.

Dusty Ventures > Svend 09/18/2017 at 01:31

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Yeah, it’s hit or miss here in the States. Some departments encrypt, some don’t. It’s that whole “security vs transparency” argument

HammerheadFistpunch > Dusty Ventures 09/18/2017 at 01:35

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Dusty right now

unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) > Dusty Ventures 09/18/2017 at 01:36

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Dusty Ventures > HammerheadFistpunch 09/18/2017 at 01:38

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Pretty much.

#DustyIsBored

#DustyCantSleep

HammerheadFistpunch > Dusty Ventures 09/18/2017 at 01:44

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I know that feel. I have to be up early and I still don’t feel like sleeping.

Dusty Ventures > HammerheadFistpunch 09/18/2017 at 01:46

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Aside from picking up dry cleaning and mowing the lawn I have nothing going on tomorrow

Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief > Dusty Ventures 09/18/2017 at 01:51

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I can’t help but think of the sign at Mazda Raceway (aka Laguna Seca) which proudly reads that Mazdas are raced more than any other brand on any given weekend.

Don’t think they meant to catch this edge case but hey, it’s still Sunday where I live.



HammerheadFistpunch > Dusty Ventures 09/18/2017 at 01:51

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wanna come over and do some suspension work? I got 2 airbags to replace and maybe 2 front shocks on a different car

Dusty Ventures > HammerheadFistpunch 09/18/2017 at 01:54

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I’m sure you’d have everything done by the time I got there

HammerheadFistpunch > Dusty Ventures 09/18/2017 at 01:58

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thats a maybe

Steve in Manhattan > Dusty Ventures 09/18/2017 at 03:02

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There’s a Springfield in every state ... maybe. So you’re in ... Vermont?

Dusty Ventures > Steve in Manhattan 09/18/2017 at 03:09

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I’m in the original Springfield

Dusty Ventures > Steve in Manhattan 09/18/2017 at 03:10

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Also, I don’t think Wisconsin thought this through

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Dusty Ventures 09/18/2017 at 08:58

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Sounds like Springfield to me.

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > Dusty Ventures 09/18/2017 at 10:29

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Those “encrypted” channels use the most laughable, presidentially “sad” crypto-keys. If you capture one key electronically, you can decrypt every monthly rollout of new crypto. They don’t use mil-spec standards on securing their comms lines. Hell with a powerful enough UHF receiver/transmitter you can DoS targeted radios in a given freq range.

Back at Camp Lejeune, when we were on artillery field ops and had quiet hours (no shooting) we used to leave two or three radios set up just to screw with PMO and local Jacksonville/Onslow County PD. It is hard to trace UHF/VHF radio interference, even when it is deliberate. Usually your target with just roll to a new channel, so you use another radio to blow that channel up too.

aquila121 > HammerheadFistpunch 09/18/2017 at 22:55

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Star for saying what I was thinking. Of course, half the time, I’m just thinking “Wow, they had a Cherokee with a stick in that opening sequence—you never see those anymore.”

HammerheadFistpunch > aquila121 09/19/2017 at 01:09

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I had a 91 cherokee with a stick. Such a good car.