Having a scanner and listening to police calls for several years now (it's a
little less boring than watching TV), this is how I perceive the volume of
dispatches, from the most frequent to the least:
1. Domestic disputes/arguments
2. Automobile accidents
3. Runaway juvenile has returned home
4. Burglar alarm (business and residential) 99% false alarms
5. Stalled vehicle blocking traffic
6. Shoplifting
7. Reckless/drunk driving reported
8. Burglary (usually residential)
9. Despondent person threatening suicide
10.Suspicious person/activity
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Shots heard (usually turns out to be cars backfiring/firecrackers)
Robbery (from business, weapon implied, not seen)
Assault
Highway robbery (Person accosted on street/in parking lot)
I have heard only one homicide dispatched.
Roger Turk
Tucson, Arizona
