Christmas

Here's a pic of Lance and Tyler in front of the tree... Enjoy!

2nd post of the month.

That's right. A second post. My streak is broken!

Numbers and call signs

My soon to be husband bought me a police scanner so that I could listen to what he is up to while at work. Tonight is the first opportunity I have had to turn it on and listen. It is really quite fascinating - and mildly frustrating because I don't know what all of the codes mean yet. These are the ones that I do know:

10-4 = "ok"
10-8 = "out of service" (like if they were eating lunch)

And yeah...that's about all I know at this point. I'm going to have Mark make me a list of what all their codes mean so that I can at least attempt to make sense of what he does.

It is pretty neat how they identify themselves over the radio. Each shift is assigned a number. Graveyard is 1, Day shift is 2 and Swing shift is 3. Then, each beat that the deputy is assigned to is given a number. For example, the Ranchos in Gardnerville is 06. For example, if you had a deputy working in the Ranchos on Swing shift his call sign for the night would be 306. I think it's pretty cool, anyway.

I have learned a lot about police work and Nevada law since I have been with Mark. Did you know that everything in Nevada is a misdemeanor? Mark can arrest you for a broken tail light. He probably wouldn't of course...but he could! I have also learned that cops spend a great deal of time writing reports. I wouldn't have guessed that. But apparently they do!

I haven't heard Mark on the radio yet tonight. Maybe he is in the station writing reports...