[Scan-DC] TV reports of Wolf Blitzer SWATing incident

[Ed Tobias]

Or a wire story may have, for some reason, written "Code 1" and each 
newsroom picked-up the term that way.

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From: Dewey3
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 5:07 AM
To: Jeff Krauss
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Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] TV reports of Wolf Blitzer SWATing incident

It could also be based on prior knowledge based on scanner listening.
Since DC does use "Code 1" for lights/siren and reporters/news crews
listen to scanners, I could see a reporter asserting their own knowledge by
using the term, but not knowing or confusing jurisdictions.


On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 10:11 PM, Jeff Krauss <jeff at krauss.ws> wrote:

> How is it that two different local TV station reports of the Wolf Blitzer
> SWATing incident say that "police responded Code 1 with lights and 
> sirens"?
> Montgomery County police have never used the term "Code 1."
> Years ago it used to be "Code 3" but now they say "Priority Response".
> But I heard that report on both Fox and NBC.
> How did this happen?  Did one station make it up and the other was a copy
> cat?
>
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