Here come the mounties!

 Over the years the City of C ape May has hosted training events for  numerous police departments on the eastern seaboard. One of my favorite times is when mounted patrols come into town. They usually set up along Beach Avenue twice a year, in the spring and in the fall. Usually t he horses patrol the promenade onto  the beach itself.  My house is on the route from the Parkway down to the beach front and today I want paying close enough attention to the radio that I figured out they were doing a photo  shoot at  the Cape May Point Lighthouse. So I quickly grabbed my phone and snapped some pictures right from my front porch, of course I was in bare feet. 

A couple of radio tidbits for  the radio enthusiasts who read the blog. All of the departments were using the Jersey Shore Region talkgroup 4 (4187) on the NJICS system. There are three other talkgroups but this is the only one I've heard acti ce since I started  listening to the system a few years ago. The Coast Guard also did a flyover which  required coordination on channel 1081 (157.0750). The helicopter flew right over the house, but it was too quick for  me. Though I did hear it on the Cape May Unicom frequency(122.7000) briefly which is always a little excited!!