Pinned: The automatic feed from the county is currently broken…I will be looking into this but this may be a factor of the changes at Twitter internally. Please be patient as this has been a service provided by volunteers. Thank you!
Welcome! I wanted to create a resource where those of us in
#ROC
can get up-to-date information from local 9-1-1 feeds and scanner traffic in the spirit of community and safety for ALL of our citizens. Spread kindness, and look out for each other.
Hello all! Just an update. Have a developer helping with a Twitter application that will make this run smoothly. Plan is to filter out parking complaints, 'dangerous condition' (ie road obstacles) & minor hit & run incidents w/no injury, for less spam, more relevant content.
...Just waiting on developer account to be approved...until then, you may see some of those calls being deleted manually as they come up when I'm 'on duty'. Keep in mind this account is just 2 days old and grew FAST. I'm focused on making this as good as it can be!
Ok, while I iron out the kinks with the RSS utility I'm using, you can also find the current calls at:
And a whole bevy of scanners to listen in on here:
And thank you for your patience!
Ok, the automatic RSS feed is officially hung up until I hear back from the website I'm using. Too many tweets at once and was flagged by their automatic system. Will still continue to monitor scanners when possible as well. Working on it!
Huge shout-out to
@gaijinity
who just seamlessly switched us over from a third-party utility to our own app to pull county calls to the feed. THANK YOU!
Ok, aside from real-time 9-1-1 info about accidents, fires, etc - what content are you hoping to find here? I'd typically focus on serious events, unusual events, and things that are imminently concerning to the public. Not spamming your feed with break-ins, etc. But you tell me!
Gov. Cuomo on additional troopers in Rochester: "For tonight, Rochester has asked for 200 additional police so we'll do that. If we need more, we have the National Guard. It's just making sure we have resources to adjust to situations."
@elvo86
@SmokedPorter
@rachbarnhart
It's being pulled directly from the county feed verbatim, and I don't write the code myself - I have to pay to use a service that does this and from what I can find there's no way to adjust the language, other than the format in which it appears on Twitter.
@KGSchn
Yep, I absolutely have no intention of publicizing mental health, overdose, or suicide calls. Unless, like you said, there is a public risk involved.
@dgrotke
I completely understand. I’ve assembled a team that will help me monitor the scanners. The intention is to add other information often when we’re able to listen. Again, this account is 2 days old and got very popular very fast! Still finding a pace.