Police Radio Drills Throw Reporters for Loop
Police radio exercises caused confusion among the local media Tuesday.
First, shots were fired at Plymouth-Whitemarsh High School. One subject was reported dead, as three suspects made off in a white Crown Victoria. Several hours later, the same vehicle raced away from the scene of a crowded Conshohocken party after an officer was downed. Then, more shots were fired at the Montgomery County Public Safety Training Campus and a hazmat spill was reported on the Blue Route. Fortunately, all of these scenarios were just training exercises for police dispatchers across Montgomery County Tuesday morning, playing out only across the airwaves. "Nobody was running around on the streets," confirmed Frank Custer, communications director for the county. Custer told Patch that the officers role-playing in the simulated …
