[Serious]People who listen to Emergency Radio Scanners, what is the creepiest/pandemonius thing that you've heard over the airwaves?

I work dispatch and my father works in the streets as a FF/medic. I've always thought it was awesome, I mean my mom calls me his "guardian angel", he's well known and respected in the department, and now we can relate about work.

That day I was working the particular radio channel he works on. He went on scene for some kids who were on drugs and crashed their ATV. Like 10 minutes later he comes up using his personal portable radio and asks for our Sheriff discreetly, resuming silence on his end as regular radio traffic from other people come back up.

Then no response when he was called. Usually no big, sometimes they're dealing with patients and can't respond immediately.

Then the emergency panic button goes off on his personal radio. This is the "I need Sheriff backup NOWWWW and I can't talk about it" button that goes off on our end but not on his (that way things don't escalate with whoever is threatening them).

I ask him to "acknowledge his code 15". Again, fairly discreet because it could be any number of things. If an accidental panic button press happens then they come up, explain how it got pressed, and apologize (just to be polite for scaring us). It pressed intentionally, then we get no response or a simple "copy" or "acknowledge" to confirm this is real. Once again, to be discreet since it could mean anything.

I got no response when I asked. My heart dropped. I ask him to acknowledge again, just in case he was loading up a patient or something and pressed it. This time I get a cut off "acknowledge". My heart breaks. Everyone in the room just went autopilot for me. I did what I needed to do efficiently, but my shift working with me was phenomenal: they didn't give me reassurance because they knew I wanted info, Sheriff ETA, and results.

Turns out the drugged up kids tried to fight him and the other guys with him. He was in the midddle, their target. Eventually he calms them down by force: kids were out numbered, out-weighed, most guys carry knifes for work on them, etc.

Now I know most of the guys that work with him regularly, many like second fathers. He made them all go 30 minutes out of their way to see me in dispatch. I had myself an ugly cry and we both went back to work.

My mom has no idea.

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