policerevolvercollector
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There is one element that very few folks mention.
A Dallas PD motor officer's radio microphone got stuck "open" at the instant the shots were fired and hindered communications as well as recorded the shots being fired. The officer had called in a traffic stop on a black Chevrolet with no license plate. I've listened to the recordings of that radio traffic many times over the years until I finally realized what was wrong. It is what isn't there. He never clears the stop and goes back in service. If your mike was keyed, you couldn't hear everyone else. So, there would be no reason not to go back into service when you finished. Also, there is no way a minor violation would have merited tying up the radio as the motorcade is in the area. Any supervisor would have your head for that.A car with no plates would be untraceable unless he wrote a ticket.
Yes, radio mikes occasionally got stuck back then. But, at that exact moment?? Hmmmmm........
A Dallas PD motor officer's radio microphone got stuck "open" at the instant the shots were fired and hindered communications as well as recorded the shots being fired. The officer had called in a traffic stop on a black Chevrolet with no license plate. I've listened to the recordings of that radio traffic many times over the years until I finally realized what was wrong. It is what isn't there. He never clears the stop and goes back in service. If your mike was keyed, you couldn't hear everyone else. So, there would be no reason not to go back into service when you finished. Also, there is no way a minor violation would have merited tying up the radio as the motorcade is in the area. Any supervisor would have your head for that.A car with no plates would be untraceable unless he wrote a ticket.
Yes, radio mikes occasionally got stuck back then. But, at that exact moment?? Hmmmmm........
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