[Panther Thunder]

After the UK Basketball team clinched the National Championship, the party took to the streets and twitter listened in to the events. A link was posted on twitter and soon over 12,000 people were listening and commenting with the #LexingtonPoliceScanner hashtag. Some of the better ones are listed below. Many containing quotes. Some funny stuff.






Over 12,000 people were on twitter with a link to the Lexington Police Scanner. I listened from around 12:30-3:00. Pure gold. A little after 2 you just herd "Shots fired! Shots Fired! Man down!".

Some of the lighter quotes were:

"Two nude male suspects on Kentucky Ave...." A few minutes later "They've either found some pants or gone back inside"

"just let them let off the fireworks as long as they're not shooting them at people"

"there's a party going on the middle of an intersection...just let it go"

"They are trying to put out the fire with rocks and bottles"

"suspect is surfing on top of a car right now"

"We're just going to let that burn" Lexington: Where there are bigger problems than public fires in crowded areas.

"possible shooting victim somehow got up and started walking down the street!"

"Large white male in jeans...possibly a shooting victim." Wait, what!?

Did that Dispatcher just call out an 11-26?! ABANDONED BICYCLE?! REALLY!?!

"We just had a flash mob. Everybody said they're gonna shoot everybody."

"Forget it that ones not in the roadway its in their driveway let them deal with that"

"Uh We have a partially nude male with a propane tank"

"theyre trying to break a tree."

"There's a mob heading north breaking store windows right now."

"unknown male subject was walking westbound, disappeared...don't know if they fell in a manhole or what"

"Complainant says there is a 4wheeler in her back yard and she doesn't know whose it is"

"WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR CITATIONS DAMMIT!"

"We got a woman in a tree, throwin empty beer containers yellin "**** Kansas" request backup"

"Suspect described as a white male in blue t-shirt." He should be pretty easy to find then, eh?

“Can you get a truck down here for another couch?” “Sure you need a sanitation truck?” “No a fire truck. Actually the garage is on fire now too. Yeah a fire truck for sure.”


Here is a rundown for an sbnation site:


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[RoShamBo]

Cue the Andrew W.K.

[OffTheHook]

Wasn't a boring shift for the LPD....LOL!

[RunItUpTheGut]

Love the last 3 lol.

[LeeCoUKFan]

Wow!! These are great lmao!!!:lmao:

[Spud6]

Wow lol

[Stardust]

When a raucous celebration followed the University of Kentucky's NCAA championship Monday night, people around the world were using technology to listen to Lexington police scanner traffic.

Simultaneously, many commented on Twitter about what they heard, including reports of fires being set, revelers confronting police, a shooting, a dispatcher "with the voice of a goddess" and two men who were naked in public.

At one point, a top trend on Twitter was #LexingtonPoliceScanner.

Kakie Urch, a University of Kentucky assistant professor of multimedia in the school of journalism and telecommunications, said what transpired Monday night is a new trend.

Urch said she listened to the scanner traffic and monitored Twitter until 4:30 a.m. Tuesday.

"It was an interesting trend, and because of the newness of this kind of online access of police scanners, people ... had a reaction to the Lexington police scanner (traffic) that is typical of people who don't listen to police scanners much."

When police commented on the scanner about the naked men, they matter of factly reported that the men had either found their pants or gone inside, Urch said.

"Police come across those kinds of wacky things every day. That's just a matter of police business." Urch said. "But in this other context with 12,000 people listening online, people were finding it hilarious and maybe thinking it special to Lexington."

Urch said Lexington police dispatch and command control were "very professional" in the terms and the language they used. For the most part, she said, they used the appropriate codes for police activity.

Possessing or listening to a police scanner is not illegal in Kentucky.

But under Kentucky law, it is illegal to have a police scanner in a vehicle unless a person is a police officer or a member of the media.

Sherelle Roberts, spokeswoman for Lexington police, said the Division of Police has been aware for a few years of the applications allowing people to hear scanner traffic on the Internet and on cellphones.

Roberts said the viral reaction to police scanner traffic Monday night did not impede the work of the officers trying to maintain control of the crowds.

Fifty people were arrested in relation to the celebration of UK's victory over Kansas in the NCAA championship game.

About 60 fires were reported, and more than 20 people, including a man who was shot in the foot, were taken to the hospital. Police said most of the people who celebrated in Lexington streets were well-behaved.

"It was surprising to know that we were trending on Twitter," said Roberts. "It was telling to see how widespread this usage is."

That said, Roberts warned that people should be wary of putting too much credence in the comments they hear on the scanner.

"The police scanner is for official police use," she said. "People have to realize that the information that goes out across the police scanner is preliminary.

"Anybody who is receiving this information and anybody who is distributing this information should take it with a grain of salt because its not a verified news report."

UK police Chief Joe Monroe said he thought crowds gathered more quickly at certain spots around campus because of the police scanner information distributed on Twitter.

But, Monroe said, "I don't think it impeded police work or our response at all."

The popularity of social media, he said, "is something law enforcement is going to have to adapt to in this new age of technology."



Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2012/04/05/21411...rylink=cpy