In the wake of the assassination, all hell broke loose on the two radio channels used by the Dallas Police Department. Although complicated by a technical glitch that took out Channel One (see below), the Dallas cops swung into action to clear the president's path to Parkland hospital, to find the killer or killers, to run down a variety of false leads and nuisances, and finally to capture the killer of one of their own.
What follows is the transcript of the Dallas police transmissions on both channels from 12:25 p.m, November 22nd, 1963, until the capture of Lee Oswald in the Texas Theater about 1:45 pm. Selected portions of the transmissions are available for listening in Real Media format. To hear these audio clips, you will need to have the Real Player downloaded and installed. Tramsmissions available as downloadable audio are highlighted in light orange. You can listen to them by clicking on the icon at the bottom of a particular segment.
The basis for these audio clips is an especially high-quality recording of the Dallas Police transmissions discovered by David Dix in the Minneapolis Public Library. Copies of this tape are available for sale. The transcript of Channel One is based on a transcript edited by Russ Shearer, and the transcript for Channel Two is from Warren Commission Exhibit 1974 (with some minor revisions).
| Time | Channel 1 | Channel 2 | ||
| Caller | Message | Caller | Message | |
| 1 (Chief Jesse Curry) | Crossing Lamar Street | |||
| 12:28 | Dispatcher | 83, out. 12:28 | Dispatcher | 10-4. Pretty good crowd there, 12:28 p.m. |
| 56 (Ptm. W.P. Parker) | 56 | 1 | Big crowd, yes. | |
| Dispatcher | 56 | 5 (Deputy Chief of Police George L. Lumpkin) | Notify Captain Souter of the location of the convoy now. | |
| 56 | ... traffic, on a '56 Chevrolet. I can't see the license number. | Dispatcher | 15/2, now on Main, probably just past Lamar. | |
| 75 clear. | 1 | Just crossing
Market Street. | ||
| noise for 23 seconds on tape | 4 (Deputy Chief of Police N.T. Fisher) | 125, what traffic personnel do you have on Mockingbird? | ||
| 78 | 125 (Captain P.W. Lawrence) | "On Mockingbird at Cedar Springs," is the question? | ||
| 38 (Ptm. F. Woodrow) | 38 | 4 | 10-4. It's moving out of this lot very slow. | |
| Dispatcher | 38 | 125 | I am at the Trade Mart now headed out that way. | |
| 38 | Might tell some of these people involved handling this deal out here at Market Hall that there are people walking across southbound Stemmons here, in from of the Marriott Hotel all the way down south. | 4 (Deputy Chief of Police N.T. Fisher) | That is all right - I'll check it. | |
| Dispatcher | 10-4, 38. 1. | 1 (Chief of Police Jesse E. Curry) | Approaching Triple Underpass. | |
| 38 | 10-4. | |||
| 12:30 | Dispatcher | 12:30 p.m. KKB 364. | ||
| noise for 3 minutes, 11 seconds on this tape. | 1 | Go to the hospital - Parkland Hospital. Have them stand by. | ||
| 603 (ambulance) | 603 out. | 1 | Get a man on top of that triple underpass and see what happened up there. | |
| noise for 34 seconds on this tape. | 1 | Have
Parkland
stand by. | ||
| 91 (Ptm. W.D. Mentzel and Ptm. J.W. Courson) | 91 clear. | Dallas 1 (Sheriff J.E. "Bill" Decker) | I am sure it's going to take some time to get your man in there. Pull every one of my men in there. | |
| Dispatcher | 531, testing: 1 2 3 4. | Dispatcher | Dallas 1, repeat, I didn't get all of it. I didn't quite understand all of it. | |
| Loud and clear. | Dallas 1 | Have my office move all available men out of my office into the railroad yard to try to determine what happened in there and hold everything secure until Homicide and other investigators should get there. | ||
| 48 (Ptm. A.D. Duncan) | 48, loud and clear. | Dispatcher | 10-4. Dallas 1
-Station 5 will
be notified. | |
| Dispatcher | 56. | Dispatcher | 1, any information whatsoever? | |
| 91 (Ptm. W.D. Mentzel and Ptm. J.W. Courson) | 91 clear. | 1 (Chief of Police Jesse E. Curry) | Looks like the President has been hit. Have Parkland stand by. | |
| Dispatcher | 55. | Dispatcher | 10-4. They
have been
notified. | |
| 10-4 | 4 (Deputy Chief of Police N.T. Fisher) | We have those canine units in that vicinity, don't we? | ||
| Dispatcher | Anyone know where 56 is? | 1 (Chief of Police Jesse E. Curry) | Headed to Parkland. Something's wrong with Channel 1. | |
| noise, including sirens, for 1 minute, 5 seconds on this tape. | 5 (Deputy Chief of Police George L. Lumpkin) | 1, what do you want with these men out here with me? | ||
| 75 (Ptm. E.G. Sabastian) | 75, signal 5. | 1 | Just go on to
Parkland
Hospital [with me]. | |
| 103 (Ptm. C.F. Goodson) | 103 clear. | 83 (Patrolman R.L. Gross) | Dispatcher on Channel 1 seems to have his mike stuck. | |
| 1 | Get these
trucks out of
the way. Hold
everything. Get
out of the way. | |||
| 12:34 | Dispatcher | 103 clear. 12:34 | Dispatcher | Unknown
motorcycle -
up on Stemmons
with his mike
stuck open on
Channel 1. Could
you send
someone up there
to tell him to shut
it off? (12:34
p.m.) |
| 76 (Ptm. H.H. Horn) | 76 clear. | 190 (Sergeant S.Q. Beliah) | Do you still want me to hold this traffic on Stemmons until we find out something? | |
| Dispatcher | 76 clear. | 1 (Chief of Police Jesse E. Curry) | Keep everything out of this emergency entrance. | |
| 75 (Ptm. E.G. Sabastian) | 75. |
Dispatcher | Did you get all that information, 136? | |
| Dispatcher | 24. | 136 (Patrolman B.W. Hargis) | 10-4. | |
| 24 (Ptm. D.L. Pate) | 24. | 142 (Patrolman C.A. Haygood) | I just talked to a guy up here who was standing close to it and the best he could tell it came from the Texas School Book Depository Building here with that Hertz Renting sign on top. | |
| Dispatcher | Report to Inwood and Stemmons and cut all traffic for the ambulance going to Parkland. Code 3. | |||
| 24 | Inwood and Stemmons. | |||
| Dispatcher | Inwood and Stemmons, where they come off Stemmons, going to Parkland. | |||
| 24 | 10-4. | |||
| Dispatcher | Make your assignment Code 3, 24. | |||
| 24 | 10-4. | |||
| 12:35 | Dispatcher | 35, signal 9 at Lobello's, Ames and Northwest. 12:35. | Dispatcher | 10-4. Get his
name,
address,
telephone number
there - all the
information that
you can from
him. 12:35 p.m. |
| 35 (Ptm. J.M. Lewis) | 15/2 (Captain J.M. Souter) | Captain advises have all emergency equipment -have 283 cut the traffic at Hines and Industrial. Have all emergency units on South Industrial. | ||
| Dispatcher | 93. | 531 (Sergeant G.D. Henslee) | 283, cut traffic Hines and Industrial. | |
| Dispatcher | Disregard | |||
| 15/2 (Capt. J.M. Souter) | Advise all emergency traffic to use some other route besides Industrial and have 283 cut traffic at Hines and Industrial. | |||
| Dispatcher | (repeats instructions above) | |||
| Dispatcher | 21. | |||
| 21 (Ptm. D.P. Tucker and C.R. Graham) | 21. | |||
| Dispatcher | Code 3, Stemmons and Inwood. Cut traffic. | |||
| 21 | 10-4. |
|||
| 75 (Ptm. E.G. Sabastian) | 75. | |||
| Dispatcher | 75. | |||
| 75 | Signal 5. | |||
| Dispatcher | 10-4. | |||
| 65 (Ptm. W.A. Everett) | 65 clear. | |||
| 12:36 | Dispatcher | 65 clear 12:36. 4, did you call? | Dispatcher | Attention, do
not use
Industrial Blvd.
12:36 p.m. |
| 4 (Dep. Chief N.T. Fisher) | Mockingbird. What's happened to the transmission on 1? | 260 (Sergeant D.V. Harkness) | I have a
witness that
says that it came
from the 5th floor
of the Texas
Book Depository
Store. | |
| Dispatcher | 4, we have a mike button stuck open. We can't hear anything. | Dispatcher | 220, keep all emergency equipment off the entrance to Parkland and all of the emergency equipment there off of Industrial Boulevard. | |
| 4 | ||||
| Dispatcher | 93. | |||
| 12:36 | Dispatcher | Attention, all
emergency
equipment.
Attention all
emergency
equipment. Do
not use Industrial
Boulevard. Do
not use Industrial
Boulevard. 12:36 |
||
| 93 (Ptm. H.M. Ashcraft) | 93. | |||
| Dispatcher | Location? | |||
| 93 | Sylvan and Fort Worth. | |||
| 260 (Sgt. D.V. Harkness) | Witness says shots came from fifth floor, Texas Book Depository Store and Houston and Elm. I have him with me now and we are sealing off the building. | |||
| 24. | ||||
| Dispatcher | 35, did you receive? | |||
| 35 (Ptm. J.M. Lewis) | I got it. | |||
| Dispatcher | 10-4. | |||
| 61 (Ptm. C.W. Temple and Ptm. R.E. Vaughn) | 61 clear. | |||
| Dispatcher | 61 clear. | |||
| 4 (Dep. Chief N.T. Fisher) | 4 to 11, 1131. | |||
| 21 (Ptm. D.P. Tucker and C.R. Graham) | 21. | |||
| Dispatcher | 21. | |||
| 21 | Continue. | |||
| 4 | Number 4. | |||
| 93 (Ptm. H.M. Ashcraft) | 93. | |||
| Dispatcher | 93, Inwood and Stemmons and assist 24. 21, go up there to Hines and cut that service road off there where the ambulance can go to Parkland. | |||
| 93 | 93, 10-4 | |||
| 24 (Ptm. D.L. Pate) | 10-4. | |||
| 4 (Dep. Chief N.T. Fisher) | Yes, go ahead. | |||
| Dispatcher | Did you call? | |||
| 4 | Yes, I don't know what happened to the traffic officers assigned to Cedar Springs and Mockingbird, but they're not there and the traffic is really snafued. | |||
| 32 (Ptm. N.L. Hackney and J.T. Smith) | 32 clear. | |||
| Dispatcher | 32, on mark out, report to Cedar Springs and Mockingbird. | |||
| 32 | 10-4. | |||
| (Signal) | ||||
| 12:37 | Unknown | We have the
emergency
entrance secured.
(12:37 p.m.) | ||
| 125 (Captain P.W. Lawrence) | We have the emergency entrance to Parkland secured. | |||
| 22 (Patrolman L.L. Hill) | Get some men up here to cover this school depository building. It's believed the shot came from, as you see it on Elm Street, it would be upper right hand corner, second window from the end. | |||
| Dispatcher | 10-4. How many do you have there? | |||
| 22 | I have one guy that was possibly hit by a richochet from the bullet off the concrete and another one saw the President slump. | |||
| Dispatcher | 10-4. | |||
| 137 (Patrolman E.D. Brewer) | We have a man here who says he saw him pull the weapon back through the window off of the second floor from the southeast corner of that depository building | |||
| Dispatcher | All right, do you have the building covered off? | |||
| 137 | No, about 3/4 of a block away from there. | |||
| Dispatcher | All right, pull on down there. | |||
| 137 | 10-4. I'll leave
these
witnesses here. | |||
| 257 (Patrolman C.E. Whitman) | Do you want us to go back to Mockingbird and Cedar Springs? | |||
| Dispatcher | 10-4. | |||
| 290 (Sergeant E.B. Howard) | See if you can contact 125. | |||
| 125 (Captain P.W. Lawrence) | 290, I am at Parkland. | |||
| 290 | 125, do you want us to stay on Industrial or where do you want us to go? | |||
| 125 | At your location right now. | |||
| 2 (Assistant Chief of Police Charles Batchelor) | Can you give
us any
information as to
what happened
for these people
out here,
evidently they
had - seriousness
of it - the
President
involved - 1 is at
Parkland, along
with Dallas 1. We
have word it is
unknown - Texas
Depository Store,
corner of Elm and
Field - officers
are now
surrounding and
searching the
building.
(Garbled) | |||
| 2 | ||||
| 12:38 | Dispatcher | 71, robbery of an individual, 2205 Cockrell. 12:38 | ||
| 71 (unknown) | 2205. | |||
| 51 (Ptm. E.A. Kelly) | 51 clear. | |||
| Dispatcher | 51 clear. 12:38. | |||
| 80 (Sgt. H.F. Davis) | 80 clear. | |||
| Dispatcher | 80 clear. 12:38 | |||
| 24 (Ptm. D.L. Pate) | 24. | |||
| Dispatcher | 24. | |||
| 24 | These ambulances must have done passed through Stemmons and Inwood. | |||
| Dispatcher | 10-4. | |||
| 58 (unknown) | 58. | |||
| 68 (Det. G. Woods) | 68. | |||
| 24 | Was there an APB car supposed to be following the ambulance? | |||
| Dispatcher | It's unknown, 24. | |||
| 58 | 58. (noise and sirens) | |||
| 58 | 58. | |||
| 68 | 68. | |||
| 21 (Ptm. D.P. Tucker and C.R. Graham) | 21. | |||
| Dispatcher | 21. | |||
| 21 | What did you want us to do here at the service road on Hines? | |||
| Dispatcher | Is the ambulance gone through already? | |||
| 21 | We just arrived. | |||
| Dispatcher | Stand by there until we notify you. | |||
| 21 | 10-4. |
|||
| 20 (Sgt. S.N. Burkhart) | 20. | |||
| Dispatcher | 20. | |||
| 20 | I'm on Hines in front of Parkland. What, what is this emergency on this ambulance? | |||
| Dispatcher | 20, there has been a shooting in the downtown area involving the President. | |||
| 20 | 10-4. |
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| Dispatcher | 242, call 654. | |||
| 242 (Ptm. B.E. Thornhill) | 242 to 654. | |||
| 87 (Ptm. R.C. Nelson) | 87 clear. | |||
| 12:40 | Dispatcher | 87 clear. 12:40. | Dispatcher | |
| 269 (Ptm. L.E. Beilharz) | 269. | Dispatcher | Where did this happen - at Field and Main? | |
| Dispatcher | 269. | 295 (Patrolman William Price) | ||
| 269 | Will you check with my supervisor and see what he wants me to (splice in tape) go? I'm clear my second assignment. | 303 (Detectives R.M. Sims and E.L. Boyd) | ||
| Dispatcher | 260. | Dispatcher | ||
| 68 (Det. G. Woods) | 68. | Dispatcher | ||
| Dispatcher | 68. | 303 | ||
| 68 | Now about a Signal 18, 900 block South Buckner? | 300 (Captain John Will Fritz) | ||
| Dispatcher | 260, 260. | Dispatcher | ||
| 242 (Ptm. B.E. Thornhill) | 242 on phone. | 300 | ||
| Dispatcher | 10-4. | Dispatcher | ||
| 4 (Dep. Chief N.T. Fisher) | 4. | |||
| Dispatcher | 4. | |||
| 4 | Is 32 one man or two man? | |||
| Dispatcher | Be two man. | |||
| 4 | 10-4. It's going to take at least two. | |||
| Dispatcher | 10-4 32, have you arrived? | |||
| 32 (Ptm. N.L. Hackney and J.T. Smith) | No. We're away up in North Dallas on this call. We're about -- Webbs Chapel and Royal Lane right now. | |||
| 43 (Ptm. P.R. Wilkins) | 43. | |||
| Dispatcher | 10-4, 43. | |||
| 43 | Clear at City Hall. | |||
| 12:41 | Dispatcher | 43 and 53 clear. 12:41. | 295 (Patrolman William Price) | |
| 222 (Ptm. V.R. Nolan) | 222 clear. | 5 (Deputy Chief of Police George L. Lumpkin) | ||
| Dispatcher | 222 clear. | 15/2 (Captain J.M. Souter) | ||
| 97 (unknown) | 97, signal 4 at Westmoreland and Fort Worth Avenue. | Dispatcher | ||
| Dispatcher | Are you in service, 97? | 9 (Inspector J.H. Sawyer) | ||
| 97 | 10-4. | |||
| 20 (Sgt. S.N. Burkhart) | 20. | |||
| Dispatcher | 20. | |||
| 20 | That ambulance hasn't arrived on Hines yet. Do you have a location on it? | |||
| Dispatcher | 601. | |||
| Dispatcher | 101. | |||
| 101 (Ptm. B.L. Bass) | 101. | |||
| Dispatcher | Elm and Houston. | |||
| 101 | 10-4. | At Stemmons and the Triple Underpass - 12:40 p.m. | ||
| Dispatcher | 160. | |||
| Dispatcher | Meet 260, Elm and Houston, 101. | Dispatcher | 2 (Batchelor)
there's a
possibility that 6
or 7 more people
may have been
hit. | |
| 160 (unknown) | 160. | |||
| 601 (ambulance) | 601. | |||
| Dispatcher | What's your location, 601? | 295 (Ptrl. William Price) | I believe the President's head was practically blown off. | |
| 601 | Here at the market hall. | 303 (Dets. R. M. Sims & E. L. Boyd) | What hospital did the President go to? | |
| Dispatcher | Repeat. | Dispatcher | Parkland Hospital | |
| 601 | I'm here at the market hall. | Dispatcher | 303, where are you? | |
| Dispatcher | Disregard. | 303 (Dets. R. M. Sims & E. L. Boyd) | Parkland Hospital | |
| ... here at Parkland. | 300 (Capt. John Will Fritz) | 300, en route | ||
| 2 (Ast. Chief C. Batchelor) | 2. | Dispatcher | 300, are you en route to Elm and Hourson to that store? | |
| 113 (Ptm. C.L. Osburn) | 113. | 300 | En route to the hospital. | |
| Dispatcher | Attention al l squads in the downtown area: Code 3 to Elm and Houston with caution. | Dispatcher | 295, do you know the extent of the injury? | |
| 12:41 | 43 (Ptm. P.R. Wilkins) | 43 en route. | 295 | It's not for me
to say. I can't
say. |
| 102 (Ptm. B.L. Jones and Ptm. M.D. Noll) | 102 en route. | |||
| 233 (Ptm. J.T. Fortsen) | 233. | |||
| Dispatcher | 233. | |||
| 233 | I'm sitting here at Elm and Houston. | |||
| Dispatcher | 10-4. | |||
| 61 (Ptm. C.W. Temple and R.E. Vaughn) | 61 en route. | |||
| Dispatcher | 61. (noise) |
|||
| How many numbers do we have? | ||||
| 77 (Ptm. W.E. Smith) | 77. | |||
| Dispatcher | 10-4, 77. | |||
| 77 | Do you want me to go? | |||
| Dispatcher | 63. | |||
| 63 (unknown) | 63. | |||
| Dispatcher | Code 3, Elm and Houston. | |||
| 63 | En route. | |||
| Dispatcher | 76, Code 3, Elm and Houston. | |||
| dead end. | ||||
| 97. | ||||
| Do you want me to go? | ||||
| Dispatcher | 10-4. | |||
| 71 (unkown) | 71. | |||
| Dispatcher | 71. | |||
| 71 | Corinth and Harwood. | |||
| Dispatcher | Code 3. | |||
| 60 (Sgt. J.A. Putnam) | 60. | |||
| Dispatcher | 60. | |||
| 60 | Police garage. | |||
| Dispatcher | 10-4. | |||
| Dispatcher | 80. | |||
| 66 (Ptm. F.S. Williams) | 66. | |||
| 80 (Sgt. H.F. Davis) | 80. | |||
| Dispatcher | 100, are you en route? | |||
| 100 (Sgt. W.G. Jennings) | 100 en route from Industrial and Commerce. | |||
| Dispatcher | 10-4. | |||
| 113 (Ptm C.L. Osburn) | 113. | |||
| I'm en route. | ||||
| 113 | I'm at Gaston and Haskell. Want me to go? | |||
| Dispatcher | Yes. | |||
| Dispatcher | 153, Code 3, Elm and Houston. | |||
| 386 (Ptm. P.R. Pearce) | 386. | |||
| 66 (Ptm. F.S. Williams) | 66 en route. | |||
| Dispatcher | 10-4. | |||
| What do you want? | ||||
| Dispatcher | 81. | |||
| 81 (Ptm. J.L. Angell) | Corinth and Eighth. | Deputy Chief of Police George Lumpkin | Give me a squad to Elm and Houston. | |
| 43 (Ptm. P.R. Wilkins) | 43. | 5/2 (Capt. J. M. Souter) | Did they advise they have the suspect? | |
| Dispatcher | 43. | Dispatcher | No, they do not have the suspect. | |
| 43 | Where do we report? | |||
| Dispatcher | Elm and Houston. | |||
| 258 (Ptm. R.A. Davenport) | 258, Code 5. | |||
| Dispatcher | 10-4, 258. | |||
| 386 (Ptm. P.R. Pearce) | 386, Code 5. | |||
| Dispatcher | 386 out. | |||
| 56 (Ptm. W.P. Parker) | 56 clear for 5. | |||
| Dispatcher | 56, your location. | |||
| 56 | East Jefferson. | Insp. J. H. Sawyer | We need some more men down at the Texas School Book Depository. We should have some on Main if we could get someone to pick up and bring them down here. | |
| 12:43 | 50 (Sergeant W.A. Simpson) | I will start down Elm Street and pick up as many as I can on the way. (12:43 p.m.) | ||
| 90 (Sergeant S.Q. Beliah) | We can release this traffic here? We can go down there or stay here and hold it. | |||
| Dispatcher | Release the traffic and report Code 3 to Elm and Houston. 12:43 p.m. | |||
| 15 (Captain C.E. Talbert) | Are you having them contain that block or 2 block area? | |||
| Dispatcher | Yes, we are trying to seal off that building until it can be searched. | |||
| 15 (Captain C.E. Talbert) | More than
that building.
Extend out from
that building so it
can be searched. | |||
| 267 (Patrolman J.H. Caldwell) | Do you want me to head south? | |||
| 12:44 | Dispatcher | Yes, 12:44 p.m. | ||
| 9 (Inspector J.H. Sawyer) | The type of weapon looked like a 30-30 rifle or some type of Winchester. | |||
| Dispatcher | 9, it was a rifle? | |||
| 9 | A rifle, yes. | |||
| Dispatcher | 9, any clothing description? | |||
| 9 | About 30, 5'10", 165 pounds. | |||
| 12:45 | Dispatcher | Attention Elm
and Houston
is reported to be
an unknown
white male, all
squads. Attention
all squads. The
suspect in the
shooting at
approximately
thirty, slender
build, height five
feet ten inches,
weight one
hundred
sixty-five pounds,
reported to be
armed with what
is thought to be a
30 caliber rifle.
Attention all
squads. The
suspect from Elm
and Houston is
reported to be an
unknown white
male about thirty,
slender build, five
feet ten inches
tall, one hundred
sixty-five pounds,
armed with what
is thought to be a
30-30 rifle. No
further
description at this
time, or
information.
12:45. |
Dispatcher | Attention all
squads, the
suspect in the
shooting at Elm
and Houston is
supposed to be an
unknown white
male,
approximately 30,
165 pounds,
slender build,
armed with what
is thought to be a
30-30 rifle, -
repeat, unknown
white male,
approximately 30,
165 pounds,
slender build. No
further
description at this
time or
information,
12:45 p.m. |
| 233 (Ptm. J.T. Fortsen) | 233. | 15 (Captain C.E. Talbert) | Could 9 determine whether man was supposed to have been still in the building or was he supposed to have left? | |
| 35 (Ptm. J.M. Lewis) | 35 clear. | Dispatcher | I didn't know for sure and the witnesses didn't have the description, but we have got that building surrounded by now and we should know something before long. | |
| 66 clear. | 9 (Inspector J.H. Sawyer) | On this building, it's unknown whether he is still in the building or not known if he was there in the first place. | ||
| What's he wanted for? | 531 (Sergeant G.D. Henslee) | Well, all the
information
we have receive,
9, indicates that it
did come from
about the 5th or
4th floor of that
building. | ||
| Dispatcher | Signal 19, involving the President. | 5 (Deputy Chief of Police George L. Lumpkin) | What building? | |
| 233 (Ptm. J.T. Fortsen) | 233. | Dispatcher | The Texas School Book and Depository Building, 5, at Elm and Houston. | |
| Dispatcher | 233. | |||
| 233 | He's thought to be in this Texas School Book Depository, here on the northwest corner of Elm and Houston. | |||
| 102 (Ptm. B.L. Jones and M.D. Noll) | 102 out at this location. | |||
| Dispatcher | 10-4, 102 and 233. | |||
| 81 (Ptm. J.L. Angell) | 81. | |||
| Dispatcher | 81. | |||
| 81 | We're going north on Industrial from Corinth. | |||
| Dispatcher | 10-4. | |||
| Dispatcher | 87, 78, move into central Oak Cliff area. | |||
| 78 (Ptm. J.D. Tippit) | I'm about Kiest and Bonnie View. | |||
| 87 (Ptm. R.C. Nelson) | 87's going
north on
Marsalis at R.L.
Thornton. |
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| Dispatcher | 10-4. | |||
| 605 (ambulance) | 605. | |||
| Clear. | ||||
| 77 (Ptm. W.E. Smith) | 77. | |||
| 77/79 (79 is Ptm. B.N. Arglin) | 77/79, 1400 block Corinth. | |||
| 187. | ||||
| 93 (Ptm. H.M. Ashcraft) | 93. | |||
| Dispatcher | 93. | |||
| 93 | What is 24's location? | |||
| 24 (Ptm. D.L. Pate) | 24's at Stemmons and Continental. | |||
| 93 | I'm 531. Where do you want me to go? | |||
| Dispatcher | Report to the old School Book Depository around the Elm and Houston area. | |||
| 95 (Ptm. M.N. McDonald and Ptm. T.R. Gregory) | 95 clear. | |||
| 77 (Ptm. W.E. Smith) | 77. | |||
| Dispatcher | Unit clearing? | |||
| 95 (Ptm. M.N. McDonald and T.R. Gregory) | 95. | |||
| Dispatcher | Clear. | |||
| 85 (Ptm. R.W. Walker) | 85 clear. | |||
| 12:46 | Dispatcher | 85 clear. 12:46. | ||
| 77 (Ptm. W.E. Smith) | 77. | |||
| Dispatcher | Unit calling? | |||
| 77 | 77. | |||
| Dispatcher | 77. | |||
| 77 | Report where? | |||
| Dispatcher | Yes, Elm and Houston, 77, at the School Book Depository. | |||
| 77 | 10-4. | |||
| 603 (ambulance) | 603. | |||
| ... about Jackson and Houston. | ||||
| 603 | 2200 South Good-Latimer. | |||
| 116 (Ptm. R.J. Ross) | 116 clear. | |||
| Dispatcher | 116 clear. Report to the Triple Underpass. | |||
| 24 (Ptm. D.L. Pate) | 24. | |||
| Dispatcher | 24. | |||
| 24 | I'm going to be out at the Triple Underpass, right? | |||
| Dispatcher | 10-4. | |||
| 69 (Ptm. A.R. Brock) | 69. | |||
| 35 (Ptm. J.M. Lewis) | 35 clear. | |||
| 12:47 | Dispatcher | 35 clear. 12:47. Your location. | ||
| 35 | 105 Corinth. | |||
| Dispatcher | Remain in service, 35. | |||
| 105 (Ptm. J.M. Poe and L.E. Joz) | We're going to be out at Jackson and Houston. Walk up there. | |||
| 231 (unknown) | 231 clear. | |||
| Dispatcher | 10-4, 231. 19, report to Elm and Houston. | |||
| 19 (Sgt. C.B. Owens) | 10-4. Code 3? | |||
| Dispatcher | Yes. |
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| 19 | 10-4. | |||
| 95 (Ptm. M.N. McDonald and T.R. Gregory) | 95. | |||
| Dispatcher | 95. | |||
| 95 | What's going on? | |||
| Dispatcher | Signal 19,
involving the
President.
Suspect: white
male, thirty,
slender build, five
feet ten inches,
one hundred
sixty-five pounds,
believed to have
used 30 caliber
rifle. Believed to
be in the old
School Book
Depository, Elm
and Houston, at
this time. |
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| 550 car 2 (Sgt. G.L. Hill) | 550/2 | |||
| Dispatcher | Go ahead 550. | |||
| 550 car 2 | 550/2 and 104 en route to Elm and Houston, Code 3. | |||
| Dispatcher | 10-4. | |||
| 174 (Ptm. J.W. Brooks) | 174 is en route. | |||
| Dispatcher | Received. | |||
| 212 (Ptm. L.W. Spredlin) | 212 is en route. | |||
| Dispatcher | 212 out. | |||
| 223 (Ptm. C.T. Walker) | 223 at location. | |||
| 40 (Sgt. D.F. Flusche) | 40. | |||
| Dispatcher | 40. | |||
| 40 | Clear. Will head down that way from out here on Skillman. | |||
| Dispatcher | 10-4, 40. | |||
| 22 (Ptm. L.L. Hill) | 22. (siren) | |||
| 67 (Ptm. W.A. Everett) | 67. | |||
| Dispatcher | 23. | |||
| 22 (Ptm. L.L. Hill) | 22. | |||
| Dispatcher | 22. | |||
| 22 | I'm at Industrial and Continental. Where do you want me? | |||
| Dispatcher | Report vicinity the Triple Underpass, Elm and Houston. | |||
| 22 | 10-4. | |||
| Hey, is there a (?) Stemmons? | ||||
| 101 (Ptm. B.L. Bass) | 87, I'm on south end Houston Street viaduct. | |||
| Dispatcher | 10-4. | |||
| 116 (Ptm. R.J. Ross) | 116. | |||
| Dispatcher | 116. | |||
| 116 | Any code on it? | |||
| Dispatcher | 3. | |||
| 116 | 10-4. | |||
| 81 (Ptm. J.L. Angell) | 81. (siren) | |||
| Dispatcher | 81. | |||
| 81 | Out. | |||
| Dispatcher | 10-4. | |||
| 4 (Dep. Chief N.T. Fisher) | 4. | |||
| Dispatcher | ... call station 7. | |||
| 4 | 4. | |||
| 76 (Ptm. H.H. Horn) | 76 out. | |||
| Dispatcher | Repeat, 4. | |||
| 4 | Who's in charge down there at that area? | |||
| Dispatcher | 19 (Sgt. C.B. Owens) en route. He will be in charge. | |||
| 4 | 10-4. | |||
| Dispatcher | 100 or 60. | |||
| 60 (Sgt. J.A. Putnam) | 60. | |||
| Dispatcher | Have you arrived? | |||
| 60 | Yes, I have just arrived at Elm and Houston now. | |||
| Dispatcher | 10-4. | |||
| 12:48 | 260 (Sergeant D.V. Harkness) | We have an epileptic before this. The person went to Parkland Hospital. Send a squad there to get all the information you can. (12:48 p.m.) | ||
| Dispatcher | 125, do you have any information that the governor also was hit? | |||
| 125 (Captain P.W. Lawrence) | Not yet, I'll check in just a minute. | |||
| 157 (Patrolman J.W. Williams) | Have you notified a DPS on this suspect yet? | |||
| Dispatcher | Haven't had time yet but we will. | |||
| 15/2 (Captain J.M. Souter) | 2 advises to contact 401 at Parkland and see if I can (garbled). | |||
| Dispatcher | Stand by. | |||
| 2 (Assistant Chief of Police Charles Batchelor) | Contact the Parkland Hospital and see whether the President will be able to appear out here or not. We have all these people and we want to know what to announce out here. | |||
| Dispatcher | Yes, as soon as we can obtain that information. | |||
| 211 (Patrolmen R. Hawkins and E.R. Baggett) | Numerous people asking us what happened. Can you give us any information about it at this time? | |||
| 12:49 | Dispatcher | 212, report to the downtown area. 12:49. | ||
| 23 (Ptm. B.E. Barnes) | 23. | |||
| 115 (Ptm. G.D. Benningfield) | 115 is out downtown also. | |||
| 223 (Ptm. C.T. Walker) | 223 out, downtown. | |||
| 15 (Capt. C.E. Talbert) | 15 is at the scene. We -- the building's the old Purse Company on the east side of Houston. Somebody cut off the back side, will you? Make sure nobody leaves there. | |||
| Dispatcher | 10-4, 15. | |||
| 15 | 15's in charge down here. Correction, 5's (Dept. Chief G.L. Lumpkin) in charge. | |||
| Dispatcher | 10-4. Did you receive, 4? | |||
| 4 | Yes, I did. Thank you. | |||
| Any clothing description? | ||||
| Dispatcher | No clothing
description. A
white male,
approximately
thirty, slender
build, five feet
ten, weighs one
sixty-five. |
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| 605 (ambulance) | 605. | |||
| Dispatcher | 605. | |||
| 605 | This call on Crockett's going to be a drunk. You don't have a downtown squad clear, do you? | |||
| Dispatcher | No, disregard. Return to service. | |||
| 605 | Yes, sir. We're clear. | |||
| 212 (Ptm. L.W. Spredlin) | 212. | |||
| 605 | 10-4. |
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| 212 | 212. | |||
| Dispatcher | 212. | |||
| 212 | I'll report to the rear of that building. | |||
| Dispatcher | 10-4. | |||
| 252 (Ptm. F.T. Chance) | 252 out. Elm and Houston. | |||
| Dispatcher | 10-4. | |||
| 45 (Ptm. N.L. Stanglin) | 45 clear. | |||
| 12:51 | Dispatcher | 45 clear. 12:51. | Dispatcher | Wounded the President or the extent of it at this time. 12:51 p.m. |
| 57 (unknown) | 57 clear. | 211 (Patrolmen R. Hawkins and E. R. Baggett) | Was he shot or do you know? | |
| Dispatcher | 57 clear. 12:51. | Dispatcher | I understand he was involved in it, yes. | |
| 396 (CID) | 396. | 211 (Patrolmen R. Hawkins and E. R. Baggett) | 10-4. Thank you. | |
| Dispatcher | 396. | 125 (Captain P.W. Lawrence) | The governor was also shot. | |
| 396 | Which hospital is it? (or, "Which hospital is he?") | Dispatcher | 10-4. | |
| Dispatcher | Parkland. | Dispatcher | 125, can you obtain from 1 if the President is going to appear at the Trade Mart? | |
| 396 | 10-4. | 1 (Chief of Police Jesse E. Curry) | It's very doubtful. | |
| 601 (ambulance) | 601. | 2 (Assistant Chief of Police Charles Batchelor) | (garbled) whether or not what his condition is so we can know what to tell people (garbled). | |
| Dispatcher | 601. | 2 | Are there any definite arrangements being made as to whether he will or will not appear? | |
| 601 | We're at standby at Parkland. | 1 (Chief of Police Jesse E. Curry) | Not at this time that I know of. I don't know but I feel reasonably sure that he will not. | |
| Dispatcher | 10-4. 12:51 | 190 (Sergeant S.Q. Beliah) | We need some ropes here at Main and Houston. We are getting a terrific crowd. | |
| 68 (Det. G. Woods) | 68 clear. | Dispatcher | What else do you need? | |
| Dispatcher | 68 clear. 12:51. | 190 | Just a lot of rope. | |
| Dispatcher | Are you en route to Parkland, 601? | |||
| 601 (ambulance) | No. Standby here at Parkland. | |||
| 69 (Ptm. A.R. Brock) | 69. | |||
| Dispatcher | 69. | |||
| 69 | We've got a tire going down. We're going to be out at the garage. | |||
| Dispatcher | 10-4. | |||
| 24 (Ptm. D.L. Pate) | 24. | |||
| Dispatcher | 24. | |||
| 24 | What do you want us to do? | |||
| Dispatcher | Do you have the description on the suspect, 24? | |||
| 24 | 10-4. | |||
| Dispatcher | Remain in that vicinity. | |||
| 24 | 10-4. | |||
| Dispatcher | 211. | |||
| 79 (Ptm. B.N. Arglin) | 79. | |||
| Dispatcher | 79. | |||
| 79 | Be out at the Triple Underpass. | |||
| 12:52 | Dispatcher | Received. 12:52. | ||
| 33. | ||||
| 211 (Ptm. R. Hawkins) | 211. | |||
| Dispatcher | Signal 7, 2535 North Industrial. 12:52. | |||
| 211 | 2523. (candy bar?) | |||
| 87 (Ptm. R.C. Nelson) | 87. | |||
| Dispatcher | 87. | |||
| 87 | 87 out down here. | |||
| Dispatcher | 10-4. | |||
| 49 (Ptm. C.R. Galbreath) | 49. | |||
| Dispatcher | 49. | |||
| 49 | I'm going to be in the downtown area. | |||
| Dispatcher | 10-4. | |||
| 35 (Ptm. J.M. Lewis) | 35. | |||
| Dispatcher | 35. | |||
| 35 | I'll go on down that way, downtown. | |||
| Dispatcher | 10-4, 35. | |||
| 252 (Ptm. F.T. Chance) | 252. | |||
| Dispatcher | 252. | |||
| 252 | Is this the place? Where it has Texas School Book Depository on it? | |||
| 12:53 | Dispatcher | Yes. 12:53. | ||
| 603 (ambulance) | 603, Code 5, Baylor. | |||
| Dispatcher | 10-4, 603. 12:53. | |||
| 44. | ||||
| 44. | ||||
| 74. | ||||
| 75. | ||||
| 49 (Ptm. C.R. Galbreath) | 49. | |||
| Dispatcher | 49. | |||
| 49 | Code 6, Triple Underpass. | |||
| Dispatcher | Repeat. | |||
| 49 | Code 6, Triple Underpass. | |||
| Dispatcher | 10-4. | |||
| 174 (Ptm. J.W. Brooks) | 174. | |||
| Dispatcher | 174. | |||
| 174 | Be out along the tracks, just west of the building. | |||
| Dispatcher | 10-4. | |||
| 263 (Ptm. W.C. Brasher) | 263. | |||
| Dispatcher | 263. | |||
| 263 | I have two radio patrolmen and may self. Do they want us to go down there or stay out here with our after-talk assignments? | |||
| Dispatcher | Who's with you? | |||
| 263 | Moore and Murdoch, radio patrolmen. | |||
| Dispatcher | 263, disregard
any other
assignment you
have and remain
in that location. |
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| 232, car 2 (Ptm. A.E. Garrison) | 232/2. | |||
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