LA Scanner: The First Ever Extended Interview With The Man
Behind The Twitter Account - CityThink - Los Angeles magazine
Hostage situations, wildfires, car crashes, and the occasional
naked man threatening his roommate with an ironing board. Well
before the phalanx of officers and local news stations arrives,
even before the LAPD airship kicks up dust, Angelenos can learn
startlingly precise details of local emergency calls. They only
need to check Twitter, where scanner junkies who listen in on
police and fire deparments relay all manner of crimes, great and
small. Their timely updates have earned @Venice311, @WeHoDaily,
and @SGVScanner sizable followings, but for pure amusement the
undisputed king is @LAScanner. When he goes #ScannerOn, there’s
no better window on the chaotic, tragic, funny, and outlandish
spectacle that is life in Los Angeles.  With a laptop and his
trusty Uniden BC296 by his side, LA Scanner, who we write about
in our October issue, dashes off hilarious Tweets from behind a
mask of anon