Four Lakewood, WA Police Officers Killed in Ambush

A tragic day in the law enfocement community. Sad news to report out of Pierce County, WA.

Four Lakewood Police Officers, three male and a female, have been killed in an ambush execution early this morning at a coffee shop in Pierce County.

From the Seattle Post Intellegence:

"Four uniformed police officers were shot and killed in Pierce County Sunday morning in a coffee shop as they worked on their laptop computers, authorities said.

Investigators believe the officers were targeted, and it was not a robbery. A suspect remained at large."

Read the full story and view press conference video and photos at Seattle Post Intellegence:

• Four Officers Killed in Pierce County

My thoughts and prayer go out to the families and friends of the fallen officers as well as to the entire law enforcement community.

-RF

UPDATE (11/30/09, 5:25AM PT):  The suspect, apparently shot and wounded during the ambush, has been tracked to a Seattle home and is currently in a barricaded standoff with police. Also, the four fallen officers have been added to the Officer Down Memorial Page. -RF

UPDATE (11/30/09, 9:11PM PT): The suspect wanted in connection with the shooting eluded police this morning. Police surrounded a second home is Seattle this evening, however, the manuhunt continues as the suspect was not found. Several relatives believed to have helped the suspect elude police have been arrested. Read full story... -RF

REWARD INFORMATION

There is a warrant and $125,000 REWARD for information leading to the arrest of Maurice Clemmons, the suspect in the Lakewood police officer shooting. The warrant is for four counts of first degree murder. He has a gunshot wound and knows there is an ongoing law enforcement manhunt and should be considered armed and dangerous.

The Pierce County Sheriff's Department has jurisdiction and is continuing their investigation into the shooting deaths of the four officers and anyone with information on the crime is urged to call 866-977-2362. The reward money was put up by the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigations), ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms) and Crime Stoppers. -RF

FINAL UPDATE (12/01/09, 4:52AM PT): Maurice Clemmons, the suspect wanted in connection with the deadly shooting of four Lakewood, WA Police Officers, has been shot and killed by police in a confrontation around 2:30AM PT ending a near 48-hour massive manhunt.  Read full story... -RF

Uniden BCD996XT Digital Police Scanner

The new Uniden BCD996XT Mobile/Base Police Scanner, released in July 2009, may look the same as its similarly named predecessor, the BCD996T, but inside it's a whole lot different!

This new Uniden Police Scanner significantly raises the bar with much improved APCO-25 digital decoding as well as a host of new features and more memory.

Just look at all these features!

• TrunkTracker IV (Motorola APCO 25 Digital, Motorola, EDACS, LTR)
• 25000 Dynamically Allocated Channels
• Close Call RF Capture Technology - Instantly tunes to signals from nearby transmitters!
• Location-Based GPS Scanning
• Fire Tone-Out
• Multi-Colored Display Backlight
• Alpha Tagging
• 100 Quick Key System Access
• Band Scope - Graphically finds radio activity
• Audio AGC
• Automatic Digital Threshold Adjustment
• NAC Decoding - for conventional P25 channels
• DCS/CTCSS Rapid Decode - instantly detects and displays the sub-audible tone so you can quickly determine the system settings.
• S.A.M.E. Weather Alert - Specific Area Message Encoding - During a NOAA Weather or Emergency Alert, a code for your specific location will alert you to severe conditions in your immediate area!
• PC Programming/Control
• System / Channel Number Tagging - provides rapid access to a specific system or channel
• Compatible with BC-RH96 Remote Head
• Individual Channel Volume Offset
• Priority ID Scan on trunked systems
• too many to list here!

Frequency Coverage:

• 25.0000 - 512.0000 MHz
• 763.0000 - 775.9875 MHz
• 793.0000 - 823.9875 MHz
• 849.0125 - 868.9875 MHz
• 894.0125 - 960.0000 MHz
• 1240.0000 - 1300.0000 MHz

Box Included: Scanner, AC Adapter , Vehicle Accessory Power Cord , Three-Wire Harness , Mounting Bracket and Hardware , Antenna , Serial Programming Cable , O/M on CD ROM, Other Printed Materials and Mounting Sleeve and keys.

On Sale Now at: Scannermaster

That's it for now, till next time stay safe! Have a Happy Thanksgiving! Please Subscribe and don't forget to leave a review or comment on this post!

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- RF
Bloghost & Webmaster @ Police-Scanner.info

Belmont (CA) Fire Truck 13 Tiller Ride

A Tiller-Truck, also known as a tractor drawn aerial or a hook-and-ladder truck (pictured below), is a specialized turntable ladder mounted on a semi-trailer truck with separate steering wheels and drivers for the front and rear wheels.

Click photo for Hi-Rez image

(Los Angeles City Fire Tiller Truck 27 - Photo by Matthew Field)

Now you can experience an awesome virtual ride along with Belmont (CA) Fire Department Tiller Truck 13's "Tillercam" as they respond to an injury vehicle accident.

From the point of view of the rear engine driver where the cam is mounted, Tillercam takes you on a near 7-minute ride from dispatch to arrival on scene. What makes it just that more exciting is the comms between the front and rear drivers that us scannerheads would never hear over the air - really cool stuff!

• SCFA-Belmont Fire Truck 13 Tiller Ride
  (6min:49sec - will auto-launch in WMPlayer)

On a Side Note: While we are on the subject of Tiller Trucks, check out this news article (complete with videos and photos) that I came across involving a Tiller Truck rollover in August of this year in Raleigh, NC - WHOA!!:

• ABC News: New Video Shows Fire Truck Crash

Well, that's it for now - enjoy! Please subscribe to my blog and let me know what you think about this post in the comments. Till next time...stay safe and happy scanning!

- RF
Bloghost & Webmaster @ Police-Scanner.info

Mass Shooting in Orlando, Florida High Rise

A day after the worst mass shooting on a U.S. military base in U.S. history, eight people have been reportedly shot in an Orlando, FL high rise! The gunmen is still on the loose and a manhunt in currently underway. Occurred around 11:30ET.

• Orlando, FL Live Scanner Feed

• CNN Full Coverage

- RF
Bloghost & Webmaster @ Police-Scanner.info