2011
Vermilion Twp Ohio - scannerist leads police to armed rapist - May 7 2011
http://www.thedailymail.net/articles/2011/02/03/ravena_news/news/doc4d4714a1ecbcc090635168.txt - Feb 2011 - Catskills NY - restaurant staff helps family burnt out of home - heard about the fire via a scanner
http://www.sgvtribune.com/news/ci_17812208 - April 2011 - Pasadena California - tow truck driver with scanner leads police to stabbing suspect
http://www.abc6onyourside.com/shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wsyx_vid_10286.shtml - April 2011 - Newark Ohio - scannerist busts 12 year old joy rider who was heading to Fort Knox
http://www.omaha.com/article/20110506/NEWS97/705079840 - May 2011 - Omaha scannerist locates witnsss to shooting - http://www.wowt.com/news/headlines/Man_Shot_While_Scrapping_121413494.html?ref=494
http://forums.radioreference.com/community-announcements-news/213505-rice-university-pd-officer-fired-responding-officer-assistance-call.html - June 2011 - Rice University cop used scanner to aid 2 Houston cops who had been shot
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/8d962979ef80419b840ec6001c06f2bb/MA-FEA--Long-Lost-Helmet/ - June 2011 - Jack Byrne was a Boston firefighter in the 1960s - he had a scanner in his kitchen at home
http://nazareth.patch.com/articles/mayor-top-cop-clash-in-rowdy-meeting - June 2011 - Nazareth Pennsylvania might disband police department - city councilor has scanner and doesnt like what he hears - labor relations problems
http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2011/August/11-crt-1021.html - 5 New Orleans cops convicted - August 2011
- scannerist rescues boy who drowned - Northbridge, Massachusetts - <http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/worcester-area/12005124259540/stranger-saves-boy-father-drowns-in-pond/> - video clip here - scanners mentioned in text - http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/worcester-area/12005136744339/northbridge-man-remembered-by-boss-after-tragedy/ - info about the hard working man who died trying to save his son
http://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/index.ssf/2011/08/apps_are_turning_jackson_resid.html - Jackson Michigan scannerist used scanner to catch burglar
http://rockvillecentre.patch.com/articles/breaking-rvc-schools-lift-lockdown-after-police-stop-search-for-home-invader - October 2011 - Rockville Centre NY school goes into lockdown - security staff hear of nearby manhunt via scanner
http://www.wtov9.com/news/news/ohio-county-deputies-searching-man/nFZFN/ - November 2011 - Tridelphia West Virginia - scannerist uses scanner app to tackle burglary suspect - http://www.news-register.net/page/content.detail/id/561604/Man-Tackles-Suspect.html?nav=515 - maybe it was not a scanner app