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Ride The Pine: The Big Bitcoin Scam

We have to cover the front desk. It is always an interesting assignment, you never know what will walk through the front doors. You could film a great season of COPS just in the lobby of our police station. It could be really insane sometimes. I love it.

It was my turn downstairs on an evening shift. It had been pretty steady but nothing overly exciting. We could help with some paperwork,…

New Audio: Dozer Operator Killed in Wildfire

Overview

Date and Time: 07/26/2018 Unknown Time City: Unknown State: California Address: Various

Summary

The Carr fire broke out on July 23, 2018 and was not extinguished until January 4, 2019. The fire burned over 229,000 acres of land and killed 3 firefighters and 5 civilians.

One of the fire fighters who was killed in the fire was Donald Smith. Smith was operating a bull dozer on…

New Audio: Fatal Florida Boat Fire

Overview

Date and Time: 01/14/2018 16:00 hours City: Port Richey State: Florida Address: N/A

Summary

A shuttle boat ferrying passengers to the Tropical Breeze Casino Cruise boat suffered engine problems shortly after leaving a dock and caught fire in Port Richey. About 50 passengers were on board the boat at the time and 15 suffered injuries, including one fatality. The boat burned to the…

Ride The Pine: Turkeys Can Fly

I was working the phones while we were in the middle of an extended major emergency. The department was recalled and on modified shifts, the National Guard was out in the community doing work, and schools and businesses were closed. We were basically on the brink of chaos. Crime wise things had slowed down, I guess even criminals have some respect for a State of Emergency. To be fully honest I…

New Audio: Chattanooga Officer Involved Shooting

Overview

Date and Time: 12/15/2015 11:51 hours City: Chattanooga State: Tennessee Address: Woodland View Circle

Summary

Javario Eagle called 911 spending 9 minutes talking to a dispatcher. During the call Eagle was talking erratically mentioning a secret society killing children. Officers arrived and found Eagle outside his apartment with his 4 year old child. While officers tried to speak…

Apple To Begin Sharing Medical Info With 911 Through RapidSOS

Apple will be offering a new feature through their Health app to share Medical ID with Emergency Communications Centers when users call 911. The service will become available during the iOS 13.5 build that will be shipping in the coming weeks according to Tech Crunch.

The data will be available to Communications Centers through the RapidSOS Clearinghouse. The service from RapidSOS is free to…

New Audio: Officer Hit By Car

Overview

Date and Time: 11/29/2018 18:30 hrs City: Peabody State: Massachusetts Address: Lake Street

Summary

A Peabody Police Officer was struck by a motor vehicle on Lake Street while he was investigating another vehicle crash in the area. The officer called for help over the radio and was transported to a Boston hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Police Radio audio after the…

NENA2020 Moved to September

The 2020 NENA Conference and Expo originally scheduled for June 13th to 18th has been postponed to September due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. The new dates will be September 24th to 29th and will remain in Long Beach, CA.

After careful consideration, NENA has decided to reschedule the NENA 2020 Conference & Expo, previously planned for June 13-18 in Long Beach, CA. The new dates are…

Ride The Pine: Motorcycle Chases Never End Well

Vehicle pursuits are one of my favorite parts of the job. There is nothing like the adrenaline, the simultaneous feeling of control and chaos, and the absolute need to multi-task to be successful. Vehicle pursuits are a dying art really, agencies and supervisors are hesitant to chase a subject when the overall risk is weighed out, which personally I find unfortunate in a lot of cases. One spot I…

Tennessee 911 Center Hit By Malware

The Lawrence County 911 Center was hit by a ransomware attack this week. Details about the virus have not been released, however based on comments from Lawrenceburg Police Chief Terry Beecham and Lawrence County Sheriff John Myers officers mobile computers appear to be impacted.

Officials say they are working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation as well as the Tennessee Bureau of…

New Audio: Caller Chases Man After Damaging Political Sign

Overview

Date and Time: 11/07/2016 City: Chehalis State: Washington Address: Various

Summary

Richard J. Bliss, a volunteer fireman in the area, was cited with suspicion of third-degree malicious mischief after he vandalized a political sign. The sign had been damaged a number of times in the past, and when witnesses observed Bliss damaging the sign and began following him. While following…

Start Now On Your COVID-19 After Action Report

Learning from our actions and building a plan to improve for the future is the corner stone of a successful organization. As we progress towards the end of the CORVID-19 crisis in many areas it is time to start thinking about how to improve our response for the future.

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Historical Audio: Sandy Hook Elementary

On December 12, 2012 a gunman armed with a rifle and a hang gun killed his mother then proceeded to the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. The suspect murdered a total of 27 people inside the school, including 20 children before taking his own life.

We have added 7 of the 911 calls from that day to our “Historic Events” section.

Click here to listen to the audio.

It Was Time For A Refresh https://www.the911line.com/?p=1239

The 911 Line has been around since 2014 and our look was getting stale. We have rolled out a brand new look to the site and reorganized some of our content.

Our audio collection is now broken into 3 categories:

Historic Events– We have saved audio from many major events that have made the news that we will be adding. These archives are kept to help us learn from the tragic events that…

Overview

Date and Time: 12/04/2016 19:26 hours City: American Fork State: Utah Address: Various

Summary

SueAnn Sands, 39 of American Fork, Utah, had a domestic history with her ex-boyfriend 33 year old James Dean Smith. Sands had been granted a temporary protective order against Smith on November 9th and he had been served with the order on November 21st. On December 4th Sands was at work in The…

Overview

Date and Time: 01/06/2018 21:36 hours City: Boston Township (Ionia County) State: Michigan Address: I-96 mile marker 60

Summary

Three callers placed 911 calls to the Ionia County Sheriff’s Office between 21:36 and 22:05 hours reporting a van on the side of the road with no lights on. One caller reported it looked like someone was outside the vehicle trying to fix something, while another…

Caller in Fatal SWATing Incident Found Guilty

An update on some audio we posted last year:

On December 26th, 2017 Tyler Barriss called the court house in Wichita, Kansas claiming to have shot and killed his father and was holding other family members hostage. Barriss had placed the call after an online dispute over a video game, intending to target his online rival. When officers arrived at the address Barriss provided they encountered…