Posted on 07/26/2009 10:16:10 PM PDT by STARWISE
I've been listening for a couple of hours. It's really something.
Multiple domestics, drunks, shots fired, domestics, stabbings, drug dealing, accidents, gangs, fights, music too loud, ..
God bless and protect all those out there protecting us in every town in America.
>Multiple domestics, drunks, shots fired, domestics, stabbings, drug dealing, accidents, gangs, fights, music too loud, ..
Is the BET award show in Chicago?
My advice to anyone who thinks they live in a quiet community: Go spend $100 at Radioshack. Google the appropriate frequencies for your area. (RS clerk may have them) Then the next Friday or Saturday night, get your favorite adult beverage, sit down, and listen in for a while. Even the "quiet" communities have traffic accidents, any number of traffic violations being called in, suspicious persons calls, domestic disturbances, the odd chase (foot or vehicle), break ins, maybe a shooting...
Are you listening to the Chicago scanner?
The crimes called in just the last
1/2 hr. is mind boggling. I know it’s
a big city, but WOW ..
Do you mean the number of crimes?
Yes ..
Whats the over-under this year for murders? Anyone know the line?
But before buying make sure your local police department is in fact capable of being monitored. Many larger cities are going digital {silent as far as a scanner goes}. Also if the system is an 800 MHZ you'll need a Trunk Tracker scanner.
It's a fun hobby and you can monitor police, parimedic, fire, Coast Guard, wreckers, Aviation, Ham {including Skywarn HAM radio weather spotters with direct communication to NOAA}, state parks, state police, fast food drive through windows {LOL}, and much more.
Still got that old analog roof mount TV antenna? They work on scanners real well :>} If you have two scanners you can run two off one antenna using a TV signal splitter. You can also use an analog TV signal amp.
I have 5 myself :>}
Latest murder stats with map
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In 2009, RedEye is tracking all murders that occur in Chicago. In every Thursday’s paper, RedEye will publish a map of the homicides from the previous week. This interactive map also will be updated weekly. For more homicide information in Chicago, go to the Chicago Tribune and its Breaking News Center.
http://redeye.chicagotribune.com/red-chicagomurders-map,0,2276.story
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July:
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July 23: Last week was a deadly week in West Town, which includes Bucktown, Wicker Park and the Ukrainian Village.
A 50-year-old Texas man was found beaten to death in West Town on Monday, his birthday, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office records. The man was discovered in the 700 block of North Throop Street.
On Thursday, a 22-year-old man was stabbed to death in West Town while a 20-year-old man died hours after he was shot in the 1100 block of North Wood Street.
The deaths brought West Town’s 2009 murder toll to six, according to a RedEye analysis of preliminary police data.
Overall, there have been 41 murders so far this month. Chicago police recorded 64 murders last July, the deadliest month of 2008.
July 16: Fatal beatings are on the rise this month.
Three men and one woman died from wounds sustained after they were assaulted this past week, according to RedEye’s analysis of preliminary police data.
The beatings occurred in the Near West Side, South Lawndale, West Garfield Park and West Town. The victims ranged in age from 17 to 82.
There have been five fatal beatings so far in July, RedEye has found. There were a total of five deadly assaults in the six months prior.
Thirty-six of the 511 homicide victims last year were beaten to death, according to a Chicago Police Department report. Assault was the third most common cause of death behind fatal shootings (412) and stabbings (45).
July 9: Sunday was the deadliest day of the year, according to a RedEye analysis of preliminary police data.
Six men, ranging in age from 21 to 35, were shot to death Sunday. A 29-year-old woman was found strangled in an alley Sunday morning.
They were killed in Chatham, East Garfield Park, Grand Boulevard, New City, West Pullman and Woodlawn.
Overall, 18 homicides have been recorded this month, most of them on the South Side.
To compare, 18 homicides were recorded for all of March 2009.
East Garfield Park, Grand Boulevard, West Englewood and Woodlawn each have logged two homicides this month.
Two men also died this week after they were shot in June. June ended with 45 homicides, down from 52 murders in June 2008.
Chicago police recorded 64 murders last July, the deadliest month of 2008.
July 2: Chicago’s homicide toll for the year surpassed 200 this week, according to a RedEye analysis of preliminary police data.
Chicago logged 202 homicides for the first six months of the year, down from 231 murders during the same period last year.
RedEye’s count, which is based on Cook County Medical Examiner findings, includes four cases in which automobile drivers have been charged with reckless homicide. It does not include police-involved fatal shootings.
RedEye’s analysis found for January through June:
>> 88 percent of victims were male.
>> 78 percent of victims were black.
>> 44 percent of victims were between the ages of 20 and 30.
>> 84 percent of victims were shot to death.
>> Austin, the city’s largest community area, has logged 22 homicides, the most of any community area. Humboldt Park, West Englewood and Greater Grand Crossing each have logged 10 homicides.
>> May was the deadliest month, with 49 homicides.
Last year, Chicago police recorded 64 murders in July, the deadliest month of 2008.
I hope they aren’t acting all “stupidly”....(is that even a word)
Digital is not necessarily the end of scanning, but it will get expensive. There are good scanners available for the P25 digital standard, although a lot of users encrypt their communications, which does shut down scanning.
The other issue going on right now is rebanding in the 800 mhz band. A lot of older turnktracking scanners are going to be useless due to a frequency swap with the former Nextel. Newer scanners can have their firmware updated to work with the new frequency bands, but a lot of older scanners won’t be able to follow the trunked systems.
Just as long as no murderer, drug dealer , rapist, or gang member is “profiled.”
ping
I remember reading that one of the biggest boondoggles on 911 was NYC 800 MHZ system though. Not hard to see why either.
LOL .. it is a word, but they’re
acting criminally .. BIG time.
Our portables are 800 mhz and you cannot transmit from inside of most buildings. While outside the range is outstanding.
I love the smell of hot garbage in the evening.
SOUTHSIDE!!!!
I like to keep the control car to repeater frequencies programed on my base scanners. That way I know when the Deputies etc are in the neighborhood. I've also picked up a medivac chopper a good 50 miles away on control to repeater in the 453 range. I live in East Tennessee and in the 150's range I can pull in PD's from Indiana and Ohio all the time. I learned how to track the locations pretty good. A pursuit where they hit interstates and state hiways makes it real easy.
If I understood reading about 911 in NYC the repeater antenna was on the WTC towers. The radio to radio talk around would be very limited on that frequency.
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