ScanBC is BC’s online radio scanning community. The community collects and shares information from police scanners and posts headlines to Twitter and Facebook.
Here are some of the more amusing scanner tweets from January 2016:
Starting the year off right
#Victoria Police are responding to Wilson St in #Esquimalt for reports a male shot himself in the face with a potato gun
— ScanBC (@ScanBC) January 2, 2016
The roof is on fire
#NorthFraser Fire on scene a small shed fire on Morris Valley Rd. Owner says he set shed on fire to get rid of it.
— ScanBC (@ScanBC) January 2, 2016
Do you take BitCoin?
#Vancouver Police are responding to Gore St & E Hastings St for reports of a male walking down the street with a cash register.
— ScanBC (@ScanBC) January 3, 2016
Party so hard your pants fall off
#UBC #RCMP report a drunk male ringing the buzzer at the RCMP detatchment who says he got kicked out of a house party and has no pants on.
— ScanBC (@ScanBC) January 3, 2016
Moo-ve out the way
#Surrey #RCMP are responding to 192 St & 32 Ave for a report of 5 cows blocking the road.
— ScanBC (@ScanBC) January 10, 2016
There’s only room for 1 in this onesie
#NorthVancouver #RCMP are responding to a residence for a male and female fighting. Male upset the female is wearing his pyjamas.
— ScanBC (@ScanBC) January 20, 2016
That’s one way to park at the club
#Victoria crews are on scene with a vehicle that drove down the stairs at Distrikt Nightclub Pic @e_vanwiltenburg pic.twitter.com/i9Nr5YFd10
— ScanBC (@ScanBC) January 22, 2016
How would they feel if two drunk porta potties knocked them over?
#Vancouver Police are responding to Kaslo St & E 24th Ave for a report of two drunk males knocking over porta potties.
— ScanBC (@ScanBC) January 23, 2016
At least they’re playing outside
#Burnaby #RCMP responding to report of 2 teens riding in rolling garbage cans down 10th Ave
— ScanBC (@ScanBC) January 23, 2016
Bro Code #604: Don’t Use Another Bro’s Shampoo
#Surrey #RCMP responding to a disturbance, male is upset that his room mate used his shampoo
— ScanBC (@ScanBC) January 23, 2016
Round-up by: Amar Mirchandani @amarmirch

