State Police Release Sandy Hook Logging Tapes

Declaring its investigation into the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings closed, today the Connecticut State Police released a massive collection of documents, 911 and radio logging tapes, and videos of its involvement in the case. The release includes 245 separate digital audio files of 911 calls—most from cellular phones—received by state police dispatchers, and of radio transmissions made by state troopers. The telephone tapes document five separate consoles in blocks of time up to 20 minutes. The radio tapes are similarly listed by specific radio channel. Certain sections of the audio files were blanked-out by the state police before release to protect the identity of involved people, including Sandy Hook teachers who heard gunfire in the hallways, and from school neighbors who hear gunshots from a distance. Most of the early radio transmissions are of state troopers asking questions about the location of the school and how to get there. Later in the incident, a hospital security guard dialed 911 to request assistance to secure the emergency room. Find the complete collection of state police materials here, and download just the audio logging tapes (.zip, 159 Mb) here.