This Week's Top Scanner Radio Clips: July 17–23, 2026

What Are Scanner Radio Clips?

Every day, thousands of people keep Scanner Radio running in the background while police, fire, and EMS crews work live calls. Every so often a moment on the air is too good to let vanish, so a listener saves the audio that just played and turns it into a Clip: a short, shareable recording with a title the listener writes themselves. Each Clip lands on a public feed inside the app, where anyone can scroll through and play it back. Stacked together, those Clips turn into an ever-growing, listener-curated reel of the funniest and most bewildering radio traffic in the country.

This Week's Top 10 Clips

These are the ten Clips people kept playing this week, grabbed off police, fire, and EMS feeds in nine different states. Some are genuinely funny, some are just plain strange, and one is a guy at a Burger King with a very particular complaint about his burger.

1. 1

   “Male touching himself, gross out”

   Chicago Police Department Zone 08

   Clipped by John C. July 18, 2026

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   A call comes in for a man lying on the ground in public, busy doing something dispatch would very much rather he stopped doing.
2. 2

   “Bro she's so fast”

   Indianapolis Metropolitan Police

   Clipped by George S. July 18, 2026

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   Officers chasing a runner on foot, with one of them clearly unable to believe how quickly she is getting away.
3. 3

   “Unfortunately I am” 😂

   Des Moines Police Dispatch 1

   Clipped by Annalise S. July 18, 2026

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   “I didn't even realize you were still logged in here.” The reply, dry as toast: “Unfortunately, I am.”
4. 4

   “At home playing call of duty”

   Defiance County Sheriff, Police, Fire & EMS

   Clipped by Mason's July 20, 2026

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   A follow-up on a wanted party ends with the world's most relatable status update: he's at home, playing Call of Duty.
5. 5

   “Big balls needing help”

   Blount County Public Safety

   Clipped by William H. July 20, 2026

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   A patient has fallen and can't get up, and dispatch warns it will take four people to lift him, plus a few, ahem, medical complications.
6. 6

   “correct, nobody needs you” 😂😂. officer was slightly harsh

   Baltimore City Police

   Clipped by Neil A. July 19, 2026

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   An officer checking who's still needed on scene lands the most crushing four-word roll call in radio history: “correct, nobody needs you.”
7. 7

   “That's a crappy situation” 💩

   Lake County Police & Fire

   Clipped by Brandon R. July 21, 2026

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   A neighbor phones it in: an elderly woman has taken a tumble in the bathroom and is now wedged tight against the door.
8. 8

   MF**R “Pepper sprayed himself… a little upset” you think? 😭

   Sacramento County Law Enforcement

   Clipped by M. C. July 20, 2026

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   Crews roll up to find a man who has somehow gotten pepper spray all over himself, and, as the radio traffic notes, he is not taking it well.
9. 9

   “Didn't order the special sauce”

   Sarasota County Sheriff & Police

   Clipped by Justin T. July 18, 2026

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   A man flags down officers at a Burger King drive-thru, convinced there is some “special sauce” on his burger that he most definitely never ordered.
10. 10

    “No units available, sorry!” 😅

    Pittsburgh Police, Fire & EMS

    Clipped by Chris R. July 19, 2026

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    Security reports someone who relieved themselves on the front porch and is now wandering the property pants-down, and dispatch has, sorry, nobody to send.

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