{"id":7549,"date":"2023-11-02T06:39:44","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T10:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/?p=7549"},"modified":"2023-11-02T06:47:23","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T10:47:23","slug":"remembering-radio-patrols","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/remembering-radio-patrols\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering the Radio Patrols of Western North Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a blog version of a Facebook posting<\/a> originally posted November 1, 2023.<\/p>\n

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In the early 1970s, \u201cradio patrol\u201d units were operating in such western North Carolina counties as McDowell, Mitchell, and Yancey. These were volunteer organizations whose members were each equipped with two-way citizen band (CB) radios, and one or more people monitoring those radios 24\/7. These units were part of a larger group organization named the North Carolina Radio Patrol and Emergency Service.<\/p>\n

The mission of these units was described in the Yancey Record<\/em> on August 19, 1971, as “sworn to observe and report crimes, fires, vandalism, accidents, robberies, burglaries, and anything suspicious or unusual; to report all deliberate traffic violators, to assist deserving motorists who are broken down, out of gas or in need of assistance.” And to also “help the police, highway patrol and all law enforcement agencies; the fire department; local county, state civil defense, and federal agencies whenever their services are needed.”<\/p>\n

Old issues of the Yancey Record<\/em> via DigitalNC<\/a> recount such unit activities as:<\/p>\n