[TheList] Waikato AOS incident

Sun Aug 13 16:36:41 AEST 2017

Not trying to be a party pooper here, but to sounds like you guys are re
broadcasting information herd......... Keep safe.

On 13 Aug. 2017 6:02 pm, "DogSecurity - Richard" <richard at dogsecurity.co.nz>
wrote:

> I believe Eagle (at least one) do have an ESA band radio, although at one
> point they had two choppers, one black one was marked, wonder if that's
> still the case - might explain why they weren't using the channel.   I'd
> say the unit you heard was probably one of the AOS guys before he got
> geared up (but had his gear with him) could also have been DCC or an
> Alpha.  I know MOX is an AOS member.
>
> I wasn't listening last night so didn't hear all the excitement.
>
> On 13/08/17 17:49, Radio Solutions wrote:
>
> Spent a few hours listening to all this unfold last night, just after
> midnight. For those who aren't aware of it, the cops were chasing a late
> model Commodore for failing to stop after it was seen doing 90 in a 50 k
> area.
> They followed it to the outskirts of Morrinsville, where it stopped and
> the driver got out and pointed what is believed to be an AK-47 at them and
> started letting off rounds. The photos on the news sites show the squad car
> windscreen peppered with bullet holes.
> During all of this they called Eagle in, but were having problems
> communicating with the helo and at one stage one of the senior cops said to
> another one that he was going to set up coms with Eagle on 'encrypted
> channel F11'.
> It would seem then that Waikato cops have radios (perhaps not issued to
> everyone) which have digital capability.
> It is the first time I have ever heard a cop calling 'ten-ten' (and
> calling it multiple times) on the radio and I hope I never hear it again.
> It would seem that if Eagle does have an analog radio with all the North
> Island channels programmed, it obviously wasn't working properly.
> In a situation like this, reliable coms is imperative. At one stage the
> Waikato channel locked up (probably a link-line issue) and was unusable for
> about 5 minutes.
> I take my hat off to the bravery of these guys who put their lives on the
> line every day in front of loose units with guns.
>
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