By Roger the Scanner Guy
I did not know the time had changed early on Sunday morning even when I woke up at 6 am and looked at my watch it did not connect. I usually hear more cars going by at 6 am but I heard hardly any though it was SUNday .I thought it was 4 am, anyway still being dark and all it seems the cooler it is outside the better I sleep.
Well Halloween is gone, all the Fall Thanksgiving crap is half price and all the Christmas stuff is out already. I’ve been getting into the spirit of things listening to Christmas songs all weekend. Christmas time is when all the thieves go to work ripping people off so they afford to buy Christmas presents for their families. There is more crime during the Holidays than any other time of the year, They Say. I think there is more crime with opportunity. If someone leaves the car doors open, keys in the car, with a bunch of packages in the back seat in June, a thief that discovers it walking by isn’t going to say “It’s only June I have to wait a few more months Maybe if I come back in November it will still be here I can steal it then.” Hell no they are going to take it right then and there. It’s easier to rip off stores during the Holiday Season because there is much more merchandise, and a lot more people shopping, or shoplifting in the stores. Stores have to hire more employees and security.
I have done store security before and caught employees in the act of stealing, in fact the employees I caught took much more merchandise that the regular old Shoplifters did they had been doing it a long time and both were let go with no charges filed. Both here in town, J.C. Penny, and Robinson’s. It really angered me that I caught these people and they let them go because both were Good Employees. I think if it would have happened at Sears it would have been much different. Sears was kind of strict when it came to that sort of thing. I worked at all 3 stores though not very long as I was the Serial worker. I worked at the Akron too remember that store? Whole Foods is there now. Anyway, this is the time of year where I’m supposed to tell you all to be careful lock everything up..Your home, your vehicles, the garage. Will all that has changed Secure everything all the time. Anything and Everything could get ripped off at any time…..HERE are YOUR SCANNER REPORTS.
Scanner Reports, Friday:
- Medical Call Lake Cachuma Highway 154.
- Vehicle Accident Vehicle vs a pole West Ocean at Floradale Avenue.
- Traffic Accident Vehicle off-road into the shrubs Loon Point, Padaro Lane.
- 300 East Padre Audible 459 Burglary alarm in a residence.
- Trash Can Fire Turnpike and Hollister.
- 415 Verbal arguments outside Starbucks in the 800 Block of State street.
- Premises check Silly Hall.
- Med call 300 Block of West Carrillo.
- 600 Block of Chapala street 211 Silent Alarm.
- Teen Center premises check 1200 Block of Chapala.
- 415 Subject at Wells Fargo in the 3800 Block of State street transient male wearing a USC Hat in his 50’s WMA.
- Wanted subject Westside Community Center 423 West Victoria.
- Premises check Oak Park.
- Fall victim head injury 1000 Block of Casitas Pass.
- Vehicle accident lives down 5500 Block of Casitas Pass.
- DUI vehicle 200 South Milpas in the 76 Station a red Toyota Paseo.
- Stuck elevator building 521 UCSB.
- Hydrant hit Quarantina at Guitierrez by a Penske Truck from Indiana.
- Panhandler on the Center Divider 2285 Los Positas Check the Welfare he went to the hospital for back pain
- Severely drunk male in the Garden street UNDERPANTS.
Scanner Reports, Saturday:
- 415 Domestic Santa Rita Circle at San Rafael male threw a bucket of urine at the female, boy if someone did that to me I’d be pissed! Male left toward Shoreline with a box cutter in his front pocket sounds like a real smart guy just one little nudge and it will be one little nudge. He went to jail good place for him he could learn alot there.
- WMA in his 20’s wearing a grey shirt and pants found in the reporting parties basement said he was looking for Ryan 1000 Block of East Guitierrez he was last seen on South Voluntario.
- 459 Audible burglary alarm First Block of East Canon Perdido.
- 100 Block of West Anapamu 459 Burglary Audible Alarm.
- Premises check 100 Block of Harbor Way.
- Illegal Camper threw a chair on the railroad tracks 500 Block of West Islay they are so helpful trying to derail trains, letting fires get out of hand they do so much for us.
- SBPD contacting 2 Subjects on the Northbound Mission on ramp.
- Broken water pipe flooding residence First Block of Camino Verde near Las Alturas Road.
- Dork Face steals vehicle belonging to a Handicapped person from 3850 State street silver Toyota Corolla, WMA 20-30 years old athletic build. Check the Welfare of someone on West Valerio not seen in a few days, they were fine.
- 602pc Trespassing female camping out in a backyard in the 600 Block of North Alisos reminds me of the time I had an Army tarp and I was sleeping under it in my Sisters front yard in the 700 Block of De La Vina someone was walking by I sat up..Heeheehee Scared the crap out of them…
- Dehydrated hiker Point Sal Trail at Brown.
- 300 West Cabrillo Medical call.
- Ex-Girlfriend attempting to move into ex Boyfriends house with her 2 kids 1400 Block of Crestline. He called the police on her and he had a warrant. Never call the police when there is a warrant out for your arrest.
- Vegetation Fire in the Riverbed East of College and Riverside this was started in a Homeless Encampment.
- Premises check Oak Park.
- Traffic Violations parkers State street and Sola.
- Med call 816 Cacique street PATH.
- Injury traffic accident Highway 101 Northbound Bath street exit.
- Shirtless male harassing people at State and Ortega streets.
Scanner Reports, Sunday:
- Med Call 3880 Via Lucero, Alta Lucero
- 316 North Milpas Transient behind Milpas Liquors yelling wearing white shirt no pants
- Pole down wires on the ground Highway 154 at Stagecoach
- 415 Domestic Mother in Law hit Son in Law challenging him to hit her back 300 Block of North Soledad. I hope he had her arrested.
- SBPD on a Detail at Plaza Del Mar Park.
- 415 Male yelling Pershing Park
- Highway 101 Northbound in the ditch behind the old tire shop at Carrillo 415 Domestic, verbal
- Med call 227 East Anapamu
- Clifton at South Salinas code 40 Drunk male on the ground Fire Department and Medic’s responded
- Alcohol overdose 1700 Block of Laurel Ave
- 6500 Block of Del Playa another Alcohol overdose
- 459 Burglary to the laundry room at 2541 Modoc
- 2 Drones disturbing above Chase Palm Park.
- 415 Subject Asian male dark skinned 26 Years Old harassing kids at Skaters Point he 242ed Assaulted one subject who left reporting him to police. Suspect Asian male 5’8 wearing a blue and white cap, red shirt all I had on him 100 Block of East Cabrillo.
- Subjects yelling and refusing to leave Motel 6 on Calle Real in Goleta.
- Highway 101 at Los Carneros vehicle accident Northbound.
- Premises check East Side Park 200 Block of North Soledad.
- Medical Call Overdose at PATH 816 Cacique.
- 4000 Block of Dartmouth in Santa Maria female ran over by a vehicle during a 415 Domestic.
- Vegetation Fire in the Riverbed at Riverpark, on River Park Road.
Will that is enough out of me, for now, I’m still tired from walking around the last couple days. Anyway Have a great MONday-MONday…Peter, Molly, Belinda, Midnight, Merlin, Angel Baby, Pooh Bear, Shadow, FREDDIE!, Maxwell, Tom Cat, Clancy, Tomicina, Tiger, Lola, PoPo, Tiny, Andy, Fish Heads, One and Two, Poncho, Denny, Jerry, Walter, Fred, Jonathan, C.J., Brad, Billy, Carl, Stan, Kent, ELMO, Patrick, Christy, Diana, Jim, Ross, Rambo, Sherry, Mrs. MacArthur, Auntie Helen, Bommy, Poppy, June, Muskie, David Cox, Po, Marty, Cop John, Eddie, Bambi, Mark, Willie, Lafayette, Ted, Mavis, Pat, Bengie, Ricky, Magruder, Don, Edwin, Cory, Crazy Ed, Debbie, Ken, Isabelle, Jerry, LUCY!, STOBE THE HOBO, KFC, Mickey Mantle, Ernie Banks, John Havlick,, John Hancock, Ron Santo, Little Mac, Tom Petty, and Chris Willing we will see you on WEDnesday. Later, Roger
The need to get the story out over rules my emotions when I’m reporting tragic things in most cases I cry after I report it. Some of it is so unreal I think it cannot be true like the UCSB Shootings for acouple moments I thought it was a training exercise. The post office shootings was before my time but I did hear them and an hour before two of the victims were killed they were in Texaco with me and a friend talking.. My friend knew one of the supervisors. The UCSB Shootings were probably the worse but anytime I hear or see others in pain it gets to me. The vegetation Fire calls when Firefighters are hurt or killed gets me, when animals get killed tears me apart.
Roger, thank you for all that you do. It cannot be easy. My heart is so often disturbed by what happens in SB, but I cannot imagine the toll it takes as you have to listen to these things on the scanner and hear the chaos and emotions of the first responders. God bless you.
Roger, I’m wondering what you do (emotionally or psychologically) with all the crises that come our way in Santa Barbara. The mom and 2 children on #154 killed by unstable driver, reminded me of the mom and 2 children (survived thanks to military SeaBees) on the 101 when car was rear-ended by truck (driver on meth?). The shooting at the Post Office in Goleta. UCSB/Isla Vista murders, riots, deaths over cliffs, rapes. Gangs fighting and killing each other. Senior Citizens wandering away and being found deceased. The debris flow and people who didn’t survive; several never found. Heat waves, Sundowner winds. Practicing evacuation plans and routes. Bad weather closing down #101 north and south and #154…and the La Conchita mudslide and deaths. The diving boat fire tragedy. Numerous fires (most recent big one being Thomas), numerous evacuations, air quality threats, power shut off threats by Edison, State Street becoming a fearful place, encampments starting numerous fires. Is PTSD embedded into Santa Barbara at this point? I would venture a guess that no other community has had more varied tragedies. Roger, what sticks with you the most, and how do you get rid of those thoughts?