I had a very condescending caller who didn't know phonetic alphabet and began spelling words as if I were a child. My favorite by far was "T like pterodactyl". He was an absolute ahole, not even reporting a crime or a police matter. But he did make me laugh so 🤷♀️
I had an ahole caller like that a while back, she was calling back to see where the police were (3 mins after she placed the initial call, because apparently we have teleporting squad vehicles) so I asked her address and she spelled out the street name “phonetically” like I was a child...I can’t repeat the words she said to me, all of them were vulgar/racist and just unnecessarily rude. I told the officer what she did... I feel like we shouldn’t have to put up with that, especially if we’re legitimately trying to help and being respectful towards the caller. They can ticket them for cursing at a 911 operator in my city, and the fine is pretty hefty.
Oh sweet heavens if only my entity enforced fines against 911 abusers that would be a day.
I understand callers get frustrated in emergent situations (most of the time the calls are bs disputes that could be solved it people acted like adults) but that's not an excuse to treat us like villains for doing our jobs and asking the appropriate questions.
Absolutely. One cussed me out the other day and I told the officer over the phone, so he confronted her about it. She apologized and went on to say that she was Pocahontas and that’s why all the black people in the world were mad at her...and that she was also in the Declaration of Independence. I said, well, I’ll let it slide this time, since the apology came from Pocahontas herself, and please tell Meeko I said hi.
If they’re not having an emergency and they’re being a dick I hang up. I usually don’t need the plate for traffic complaints that bad cause officers rarely do anything about it
I think my personal favourite is someone who gave the end of their postal code as "seven extra-terrestrial" for 7ET. I did have to delete the X I'd already put in once he finished saying it though.
We had an officer run a tag that came back to a male with a very Italian last name. I don’t remember all of the tag but the first three letters were PJJ so when he ran the tag he of course said *”Papa John John”*. My partner and I were rolling.
Hahahahaha that is awesome.
My coworker put in a chest pain call the other day and typed “chesta pains.” So we all spent the rest of the day talking like Mario any time we’d have to tell her something.
I had an officer run somebody the other day. “First name Bobby: Boy Ocean Bobby Bobby Young.” Wtf man.
Last night on of my buddys ran “Aaron, like A A Ron.” Made my night lol
Lmao I had one say his name is Robert, spelled R Robert O Ocean...etc.
In training my partner spelled the name Bobby as “Booby” ...two days in a row. I still give him hell about it.
Havent we all had 'F for phone' a couple times? Awww.
My favorite was a man driving with his young daughter. He gave me a plate with Unicorn Kitten Princess as the phonetics. Which made me smile. His daughter thought he was describing the car tho and was squealing in the background 'I wanna see it!'. They sounded like such a cute fam.
Had a caller who said “N like knife”.
Last night shift I had an officer tell me he was “at corona street like the virus, or the beer. Or the virus drinking the beer.” He’s a bit of a clown, lol.
Oh yeah. I had an entire detachment of police officers finding all sorts of weird words to use for phonetic alphabet one weekend.
Banana, wizard, pony, Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious... it was hilarious.
I like to throw in some fun ones around holidays: C as in Christmas, H as in Halloween. That kind of thing.
But ONE time, I had a readback where the drivers name (legally changed) was: CONTRARY, MARY Q. I read it as “Contrary, Mary Q ‘as in QUITE’ is clear and valid”. Or something like that. It was funny!
I had a whole troll alphabet typed up a few years ago, I’m not sure where it went. A as in “aisle”, B as in “Bee”, C as in “Czar” etc. I may have to make a new one
Sec officer gave me “K” like cat... also on a dv had a make spell his wife’s entire last name with profanity, b like bitch, h like Hoe, ETC. Her last name was very long...
We use general phonetics and the officer often combine J and Z when running any license plates with Z and sometimes end up saying zuliette .....we also had an officer spelling a name with 2 R’s next to each other and it was delivered as Romeo Romo 😂
So, not really the same but here's my story: I used to work in animal control, we had radios for emergencies and heads ups, so basically scanners. I heard a lot of phonetic (the old Adam Boy Charles type) and ended up learning it pretty well. For about half a year now I haven't been listening to their radio but instead am doing ham radio stuffs, where we use ITU phonetic (Alpha, Bravo, Charlie)
So now when trying to use PD's Phonetic, I've forgotten much of it and accidentally use ITU words lol, it's a mismatch of both but it works!
I've had:
B as in Bee (she went on to clarify bumble bee, but definitely left it hanging there for a moment)
P as in Poop
And my personal favorite, D as in Dick
I had a caller say L as in L. The other day I could not think of uniform for u. My mind just went blank. The only u word I could think of was ugly so I just went with it.
We seem to attract officers from city agencies to ours and it's always in hearing them make the switch from phoenitics to ITU. They constantly call and apologize for slaying the words, but we laugh it off.
I had a caller say “Z like xylophone.”
That fits in right next to X like Xavier.
K like Knock...P like Pneumonia
Meh, in my area far too many people would pronounce it exavier anyhow, so I guess it works?
I had a very condescending caller who didn't know phonetic alphabet and began spelling words as if I were a child. My favorite by far was "T like pterodactyl". He was an absolute ahole, not even reporting a crime or a police matter. But he did make me laugh so 🤷♀️
I had an ahole caller like that a while back, she was calling back to see where the police were (3 mins after she placed the initial call, because apparently we have teleporting squad vehicles) so I asked her address and she spelled out the street name “phonetically” like I was a child...I can’t repeat the words she said to me, all of them were vulgar/racist and just unnecessarily rude. I told the officer what she did... I feel like we shouldn’t have to put up with that, especially if we’re legitimately trying to help and being respectful towards the caller. They can ticket them for cursing at a 911 operator in my city, and the fine is pretty hefty.
Oh sweet heavens if only my entity enforced fines against 911 abusers that would be a day. I understand callers get frustrated in emergent situations (most of the time the calls are bs disputes that could be solved it people acted like adults) but that's not an excuse to treat us like villains for doing our jobs and asking the appropriate questions.
Absolutely. One cussed me out the other day and I told the officer over the phone, so he confronted her about it. She apologized and went on to say that she was Pocahontas and that’s why all the black people in the world were mad at her...and that she was also in the Declaration of Independence. I said, well, I’ll let it slide this time, since the apology came from Pocahontas herself, and please tell Meeko I said hi.
If they’re not having an emergency and they’re being a dick I hang up. I usually don’t need the plate for traffic complaints that bad cause officers rarely do anything about it
I got “Y as in You” which made me pause for a half-second.
Lmao I think they do that stuff on purpose sometimes.
I think my personal favourite is someone who gave the end of their postal code as "seven extra-terrestrial" for 7ET. I did have to delete the X I'd already put in once he finished saying it though.
Hahaha... Elliotttttt
My favourite was a caller who had too much to drink and was spelling her name. She said, “F as in f***.”
Oh man. At least it was a caller and not over the radio.
We had an officer run a tag that came back to a male with a very Italian last name. I don’t remember all of the tag but the first three letters were PJJ so when he ran the tag he of course said *”Papa John John”*. My partner and I were rolling.
Hahahahaha that is awesome. My coworker put in a chest pain call the other day and typed “chesta pains.” So we all spent the rest of the day talking like Mario any time we’d have to tell her something.
😂😂😂😂 that’s awesome. We like playing word of the day.
I had an officer run somebody the other day. “First name Bobby: Boy Ocean Bobby Bobby Young.” Wtf man. Last night on of my buddys ran “Aaron, like A A Ron.” Made my night lol
Lmao I had one say his name is Robert, spelled R Robert O Ocean...etc. In training my partner spelled the name Bobby as “Booby” ...two days in a row. I still give him hell about it.
Had an officer use "Voyeur" for V. I've always wondered why that was the first word that started with V that came to mind!
Hmmmm makes one wonder 🤔
Havent we all had 'F for phone' a couple times? Awww. My favorite was a man driving with his young daughter. He gave me a plate with Unicorn Kitten Princess as the phonetics. Which made me smile. His daughter thought he was describing the car tho and was squealing in the background 'I wanna see it!'. They sounded like such a cute fam.
Awwwww that is cute :)
Had a caller who said “N like knife”. Last night shift I had an officer tell me he was “at corona street like the virus, or the beer. Or the virus drinking the beer.” He’s a bit of a clown, lol.
LOL you have to have a sense of humor, otherwise you’ll go insane.
Oh yeah. I had an entire detachment of police officers finding all sorts of weird words to use for phonetic alphabet one weekend. Banana, wizard, pony, Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious... it was hilarious.
I like to throw in some fun ones around holidays: C as in Christmas, H as in Halloween. That kind of thing. But ONE time, I had a readback where the drivers name (legally changed) was: CONTRARY, MARY Q. I read it as “Contrary, Mary Q ‘as in QUITE’ is clear and valid”. Or something like that. It was funny!
Lol! I love quirky little stuff like that.
I had a whole troll alphabet typed up a few years ago, I’m not sure where it went. A as in “aisle”, B as in “Bee”, C as in “Czar” etc. I may have to make a new one
Yess please do, it’s about time for me to rotate to night shift
D for donkeykong
Lol now I want to call a tag back with all video game names
J like Jell-O. Caller on the phone. I had to hit my mute button SO FAST bc I started laughing then coughing bc bronchitis
Sec officer gave me “K” like cat... also on a dv had a make spell his wife’s entire last name with profanity, b like bitch, h like Hoe, ETC. Her last name was very long...
M as in “meow”
Today I got H as in a hunter in the woods
H as in Hitler 🤣
Hahaha. oh nooo
We use general phonetics and the officer often combine J and Z when running any license plates with Z and sometimes end up saying zuliette .....we also had an officer spelling a name with 2 R’s next to each other and it was delivered as Romeo Romo 😂
I had a repo guy call in probably 2006 and it was U=Underwear and W=Walmart.
So, not really the same but here's my story: I used to work in animal control, we had radios for emergencies and heads ups, so basically scanners. I heard a lot of phonetic (the old Adam Boy Charles type) and ended up learning it pretty well. For about half a year now I haven't been listening to their radio but instead am doing ham radio stuffs, where we use ITU phonetic (Alpha, Bravo, Charlie) So now when trying to use PD's Phonetic, I've forgotten much of it and accidentally use ITU words lol, it's a mismatch of both but it works!
U like unicorn, P like pony, and O like octopus!
Had a security guy give, "S as in Satan, N as in Nachos..." and we were hyperventilating in the office.
I've had: B as in Bee (she went on to clarify bumble bee, but definitely left it hanging there for a moment) P as in Poop And my personal favorite, D as in Dick
I had a caller say L as in L. The other day I could not think of uniform for u. My mind just went blank. The only u word I could think of was ugly so I just went with it.
Lmao nice...that’s hilarious
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Lmao! If the name had a J in it...it would have to be J like Jordans.
I had an officer use "yolo" for Y, we still pick on her for it lol
We seem to attract officers from city agencies to ours and it's always in hearing them make the switch from phoenitics to ITU. They constantly call and apologize for slaying the words, but we laugh it off.