A Scanner’s View Of Life

On her Facebook page, Kerri Thoreson posts: “At my computer doing book research in the 7 a.m hour, listening to the morning news with dispatchers’ voices in the background from the scanner. My attention turns to the voices coming across the scanner and in that moment I realize that for one family, life as they knew it has forever changed. A wife makes a 9-1-1 call, frightened young children and a husband who is not breathing and unresponsive. Officers in route, medical in route … time passes and the officer requests a chaplain to respond to the scene. Coroner is called out, and the rotation funeral home is notified. Right now I don’t know any names but what I do know is that in a community such as ours, it’s possible I will know them or know people who know them. I know that this family is our neighbor in the figurative sense. My heart breaks for everyone involved. ”

DFO: Daily, I wonder about the stories behind the snippets I post on the Police Scanner. Some of the one-line items are life-changing events. Accidents. Suicide attempts. Domestic disputes. Falls. Have you ever been involved in a Scanner Traffic item?