CAD Recordings
& Transcripts
Police CAD (Computer-Aided Dispatch) recordings are audio files that capture real-time communications between dispatchers and law enforcement officers during emergency situations. These recordings provide a detailed account of the events as they unfold, serving as crucial evidence in investigations. Transcripts of these recordings convert the audio into written transcriptions, making it easier to reference specific details and statements. Both recordings and transcripts are essential for maintaining transparency and accountability within operations.
Does Henry County use their system for documentation, accountablity and enabling impartial investigation?
Kyle's Call
Kyle's call has prompted numerous questions.
Where did it originate from?
What time did the call actually come in?
Why was his call, that was provided to the defense, the only call
without a time stamp?
Why is he so calm? Why isn't he out of breath on his 'run'?
Why have we received two different versions of the same call?
Henry County Sheriff Office claims the call was placed at 20:53, however, their own system documents the call took place at 20:37.
They refuse to acknowledge our questions and concerns as to the timing conflict. They have ignored us for almost a year.... simply NO REPLY!
Version Received in 2015
In 2015, the original discovery we received was this call, without a time stamp. This is the only call to the dispatcher without a time stamp.
Was this edited to remove the time stamp?
Version Received in 2023
In 2023, we once again requested all discovery & received a NEVER BEFORE HEARD call, that included a time stamp @ 20:37,
16 minutes earlier!
Transcripts
Below is a library of transcripts from Cullen's case.
CPO Trial
September, 16 2015
Kyle requested a protection order against Craig & Michelle Parsons (Cullen's parent) on 9/16/15, claiming he was scared for his life and to leave his home. But, he had been jogging, after the reported incident earlier that week & found "evidence" despite the area being searched by numerous officers and the K9 unit the night of 9/2/15. If fearing for his life would he be out jogging?
Suppression Trial
December 9. 2015
The Parsons property was searched and items were removed without a warrant. The Parsons' made clear to law enforcement, stating that they had not been shown a warrant and told the Officers to remove themselves from their property. They ignored the Parsons' request.
Was this an unlawful search?
Attempted Murder Trial
March 7-8, 2016
The Parsons' were advised to select a bench trial, this was odd advise and adamantly questioned, especially, given Judge Collier's overstep on the two parties prior case ending in a
Directive Verdict.
This is a choice they regret.
The Trial lasted less than two days & Judge Collier found Cullen guilty.
This shocked our legal team.
Motion for a New Trial
July 20, 2023
Defendant’s Motion for Leave to File Delayed Motion for a New Trial hearing gave us supoena power & with that we were able to discover a lot of suppressed evidence!
CAD Recordings
We were only provided these calls in 2023, eventhough we had previously requested them. We were told they didn't exist. When listening to them, some of them end abruptly although the recording continues, but in silence. WHY?
This would make more sense if they all followed the same pattern of missing a greeting & good bye. However, the dispatchers impeccable manner seems to help string together what calls may have pieces missing.
The calls that have an (*) end in a manner that prompts questions.
Call 1*
9/2/2015 21:34
Why is the first documented phone call 40 mins after the supposed crime?
Alex Birtcher asks, "Do I need a warrant for gun shoot residue test?."
No answer from Jay Hanna & call is cut off without a goodbye @1:54 but the call continues in silence until 2:13, an additional19 seconds.
Call 2*
9/2/2015 21:45
Call starts without greeting.
Brady violation- Zach Lyne reports that "Parsons shot 8 shots at him with a gun" Deputy Birtcher asks if he said a first name?
This was not provided and Kyle said it was too dark to see the driver, so why ask this?
Call 3*
9/2/2015 21:51
Call starts without a greeting.
Stating silver Honda Civic.
Cullen can be heard in the background demanding his phone call "right now sir" and speaking clearly (not "all fucked up"). Jay Hanna and Sheriff Bodenbender's call is cut off @ 1:32 but the call lasts til 1:51, another 19 seconds, in silence.
Call 4*
9/2/2015 21:57
Zach reports that Cullen was hitting his head on the bars. In the police report he documents he hit his head once. More importantly, Zach tells the Sheriff that Cullen is "claiming that you had punched him in the head, in the forehead", then silence for 9 seconds(0:44 - 0:53) then Zach asks "Are you still there?" Silence for another 9 seconds, then the call ends.
Does Sheriff Bodenbender hang up to avoid answering?
Call 5*
9/2/2015 21:58
Zach calls Sheriff Bodenbender back because Zach "didn't know if it cut out" and told the Sheriff "he is also claiming that you had punched him in the head." Sheriff Bodenbender laughs at this but does not deny it.
Prosecutor Jay Hanna calls in for Deputy Birchter, call ends without this conversation being recorded.
Call 6
9/2/2015 21:59
Cullen tries to smoke a cigarette in the jail cell.
Cullen says he did try to do that. Deputy Birtcher asks Jay Hanna to hang on.
Call 7*
9/2/2015 22:02
Jay Hanna calls in "again" about getting the search warrant out to Judge Amy Rosebrock, stating it's time sensitive as the Sheriff explained to him that gun shot residue is only good for 3 hours or so.*
Also, Hanna states this happened around 8:30 (@0:50),** Zach responds, "No" and it takes Zach approximately 10 seconds to come up with the time of the "incident."
Jay and Alex connect again, acknowledge each other with no further conversation and then the call is silent for 18 seconds and then disconnects.
*During the trial, Sheriff Bodenbender asks "I don't know what GSR is sir"
(p. 189 lines 10-11).
**During the Suppression Hearing Sheriff Bodenbender states "Yes, I don't know the exact time but it was between 8:30 - 9:00, somewhere around there." (p. 7 line 14-16).
Call 8
9/2/2015 22:16
Deputy Birtcher "Can you call Hawken and have him call me?"
Jay Hanna is actively working with officers, why would they prefer to bring in a different prosecutor much less the assistant prosecutor. Deputy Birtcher settles for connecting with Jay Hanna.
Call 9*
9/2/2015 22:17
Sean Walker is connected to Jay Hanna.They greet each other and the call cuts off at 0:55 and continues for 19 seconds in silence.
Call 10
9/2/2015 22:21
"F****** dispatcher smoking in here." Deputy Birtcher lets Sheriff Bodenbender know that "his attorney has just stopped here and he'll be on his way to the hospital".
Sheirff Bodenbender rode in the back of the EMS with Cullen, this is unusual per Chief Frey.
Call 11*
9/2/2015 22:24
Judge Amy Rosebrook is connected to Deputy Birtcher about the search warrant. He asks Hawken to hold on & Judge Rosebrock and Deputy Birtcher greet each other and the call goes silent @1:31 but continues til 1:49 an additional 18 seconds in silence.
Call 12
9/2/2015 22:26
Sheriff Bodenbender asks Zach to send a 3rd shift guy out to hospital when they come in.
Call 13
9/2/2015 22:35
Has anybody actually called BCI yet?
Need a crime scene investigator
to collect GSR off Cullen's hands.
We never received any GSR results.
We filed a Memorandum in Support on January 6, 2016 asking for among other discovery, "Any and all lab results(s) from any forensic testing conducted, including any and all test for gun shot residue. If it was determined to not conduct gun shot residue testing on Defendant's person, police reports indicating such.
No response received, either way.
Call 14*
9/2/2015 22:37
Call starts mid conversation, no greeting. BCI is contacted, this call appears to be split between three different calls with gaps in-between.
Call 15*
9/2/2015 22:38
No greeting or goodbye.
Continued BCI call, Zach does not provide BCI with address of the alleged crime but just requests BCI to come to
Sheriff's Office.
Call 16*
9/2/2015 22:40
No greeting.
Continued BCI call, asks again for GSR testing. The time that lapsed between these 3 call should be between 246-296 seconds, but we only have 130 seconds.
Why? Is this happening on other calls?
Call 17*
9/2/2015 22:47
A very sleepy BCI professional, Dave Hammond, tries to get in contact with Deputy Sean Walker.
Call goes silent @ 1:05 but continues til 1:23, an additional 18 seconds in silence.
Call 18
9/2/2015 22:57
Deputy Zumfelde ask for Cullen's birthday.
Starts/ends with greeting.
Call 19
9/2/2015 23:05
Confirming who is at the hospital (Deputy's Zumfelde and Cooper).
Ends with a goodbye.
Call 20*
9/2/2015 23:08
Starts with, "Go ahead and close out this call. Well shit should we or shouldn't we." Zach replies, "I can close it and add whats needed afterwards"
"Add what's need later,"
Is this suspicious?
Call 21*
9/2/2015 23:26
Sheriff asking if Hawken has gotten the search warrant around yet because they are about to clear him pretty soon & they need to get this blood drawn. We still haven't recieved information from Henry County Hospital as to what time Cullen's blood was drawn. Judge Rosebrock also calls in asking about the search warrant, questioning if anyone is coming out to her house for her to sign the search warrant.
Call cuts out mid conversation.
Call 22*
9/2/2015 23:27
Starts mid conversation with Judge Rosebrock. Deputy Birtcher just left the station and is on his way to her house for the search warrant signature.
Deputy Sanholtz calls in and asks Dispatcher, "I forgot to put in one thing in there real quick, have you closed that out yet?
Zach replies, "Yeah but I can add to it"
Deputy Sanholtz "I forgot to add in there the address that Kyle ended up going to and calling back from."
WHERE IS THIS CALL FROM KYLE?
We assume they are talking about adding notes to the CAD system.
Call 23
9/2/2015 23:32
Getting ready to release Cullen.
Confirm that they are going to do an alcohol test on Cullen, but not the GSR test.
Starts/ends with a greeting.
Call 24*
9/2/2015 23:54
Deputy Sanholtz asks Dispatcher (Joe) to get ahold of Kern. Discuss how to get ahold of Kern call the KK line and rolls thru to his phone or do we have his cell phone?
Think we have both numbers!
Deputy Sanholtz asks Joe to get Kyle and connect him to his phone.
Kyle answers "What's Up Buddy!"
Does this sound like someone that was just shot at and someone tried to kill 3 hours ealier?
Kyle connects with Sanholtz:
What's up Bro?
Deputy Sanholttz: "Just one thing I just remembered ...."
Call with Kern goes silent at 1:31 but continues on til 1:51, an additional
20 seconds!
There is not documentation of this conversation and witness statement!
Brady Violation!
Call 25
9/3/2015 0:09
They run the guns serial number.
.45 caliber
Call 26
9/3/2015 0:11
Claims that they are getting a hit, but that hit correcsponds to a 30 caliber and the serial number doesn't match. Did they think Cullen was using a stolen gun out of Fulton County?
Call 27
9/3/2015 0:18
Deputy Copper asks them to get Cullen's paperwork for CCNO, dispatcher checks with Deputy Birtcher.
Deputy Birtcher says: "Can do the charges later".
Starts/ends with greeting.
Call 28*
9/3/2015 0:27
Starts midway through call with CCNO. Inform CCNO of Cullen's arrival.
One new male, NO PROBLEMS!"
Dispatcher to Deptuy
"Kyle is out in the lobby."
Brady Violation!
Again, NO RECORD of this statement!
Call 29
9/3/2015 1:18
Discuss what to charge Cullen with.
"Violent offensive, gun offensive, or something, I don't know. There's an enhancement here for repeat violent offender which I don't think he is.... what about felionious assault, HOW ABOUT THAT?!?
They assumed Cullen was a repeat violent offender, but he didn't have a record aside from DUI.
Call 30
9/3/2015 1:19
'He had no record."
"Nothing? No CCH* at all."
"No."
Cullen had NO record.
*computerized criminal history
EMS Call 1
9/2/2015 22:10
David Bolen with Napoleon Rescue states Cullen's claim that he was punched in the head by a deputy. (Cullen stated that Sheriff Bodenbender was the one who assaulted him). David says there is no evidence of any injury and states that they want to make a "quick turn" of this, even asking, do we have to bring him?
EMS Call 2
9/2/2015 22:12
David Bolen talks with Dr Bridges, subject claiming hit in the head and there are no injuries anywhere to him. David mentions alcohol and a quick turn again.
Doctor, "I cant really clear him by phone call."
This is another gross overstep, EMS trying to pressure for a clearance via a phone call & then making Cullen ride with the person who had already assaulted him. Cullen still has a head injury, to this day!
Tow Call
9/2/2015 20:59
Zach calls Dave with Gunn's Towing.
This call is only 6 minutes after Henry Co. claims Kyle's call came in (8:53).
How does that make any sense? PLUS they couldnt reconnect with Kyle for 8 minutes, so they called for a tow before they had talked with Kyle?
Radio Transmissions
Below is a library of the radio transmissions from Cullen's case.
Radio 1
9/2/2015 20:38
Original call for service response after Kyle's call @ 8:38.
This time is what we believe is the accurate time.
Why 20:53?
Radio 2
9/2/2015 20:39
How does he believe his neighbor was shooting at him? And with what?
Radio 3
9/2/2015 20:39
'"Caller was Kyle Kern advise that Parsons had shot at him"
2 Deputies en route.
Asks about vehicle & is unanswered.
Radio 4
9/2/2015 20:40
"Standby, caller had already hung up before I could get anymore information"
Radio 5
9/2/2015 20:42
"I am unable to get ahold of him again, it just keeps dropping the call."
Radio 6
9/2/2015 20:42
"I can't get ahold of the CP can you just put him thru to my phone?"
Sirens in background.
Radio 7
9/2/2015 20:42
"I have tried several times to get ahold of CP, but just keeps dropping the phone call"
Radio 8
9/2/2015 20:43
"CP said he was out running correct?"
Radio 9***
9/2/2015 20:43
Sheriff Bodenbender, "Clear on a call to Washington Twp. I'm heading up there"
12 Drove by the intersection,
2 vehicles in the driveway there.
Radio 10
9/2/2015 20:45
Just checked S3 between 3 and 4 and didn't locate.
Just able to make contact with caller (unable to get ahold of Kyle for 8 minutes) he advised he it GOING to be at 3602 Co. Rd. S."
Radio 11*
9/2/2015 20:45
"S sam 3"
Radio 12
9/2/2015 20:46
Sheriff Bodenbender, "I am out here." Henry Co. claims that the call was still not made for 7 minutes (20:53).
Radio 13
9/2/2015 20:50
"Do we have a vehicle description?"
Radio 14
9/2/2015 20:50
"It's going to be a Honda Civic"
"Color"
"Unsure, stand buy"
Sheriff Bodenbender arrives,
"1 your clear"
Radio 15**
9/2/2015 20:51
Silver, silver in color.
Radio 16
9/2/2015 20:56
"Check-up"
"We're okay"
This is the first recording after their timeline of the call (8:53)
.
Radio 17**
9/2/2015 20:57
Sheriff Bodenbender: I'm gonna be at the Parsons residence."
Radio 18*
9/2/2015 20:58
"11 out as well"
Radio 19**
9/2/2015 20:59
Inaudible
Radio 20
9/2/2015 21:01
Gunn's is enroute.
Radio 21
9/2/2015 21:04
"Check-up" "We're okay."
Radio 22**
9/2/2015 21:05
Checking registration
Radio 23
9/2/2015 21:11
"Check-up" , "We got one in custody" , "One in custody, 21:26"
Time difference?
Radio 24
9/2/2015 21:29
"11 Cleared from the scene, en route to the office with one male."
Radio 25**
9/2/2015 21:37
12 myself and Gunn's are cleared from the scene, I'm enroute with Gunn's to the impound.
Subject at the office (Brogan Vance), car deer accident. See if the Post can handle.
Radio 26
9/2/2015 21:43
"I'm at the office"
Radio 27**
9/2/2015 21:54
"I'm out at impound."
Radio 28
9/2/2015 22:10
12 "Impound lot has been secured. I'll be enroute to the office."
Radio 29**
9/2/2015 22:18
8 "Can you show me enroute?"
Radio 30
9/2/2015 22:19
"You're clear."
Radio 31*
9/2/2015 22:21
"11 to 1"
Radio 32
9/2/2015 22:32
12 "I'll be out on S3 for follow-up"
Radio 33*
9/2/2015 22:33
Inaudiable.
Radio 34**
9/2/2015 22:33
"Hey your all static ...
inaudible"
Radio 35
9/2/2015 22:37
"Who do you have at the hospital?", "Sheriff is out there now"
Radio 36
9/2/2015 22:42
4 "I am out at S3"
Radio 37
9/2/2015 22:42
14 "Show me out here at HCH"
(Henry County Hospital)
Radio 38
9/2/2015 22:48
4 "Change my location to 4 south
of S3."
Radio 39
9/2/2015 22:48
"What was the original time of
call on this? "
"20:53"
Multiple times, the time of the call has been questioned.
Radio 40*
9/2/2015 22:57
4 to 12 "Were you guys coming over here?"
Searching for casings / bullets.
Radio 41
9/2/2015 22:58
"His hands ARE in bags"
I understand, they can be UNBAGGED.
WHY? What happened after the conversation with BCI?
Radio 42**
9/2/2015 22:59
Conversation between 4 and 14.
Radio 43
9/2/2015 23:02
"South 4"
Radio 44
9/2/2015 23:02
"South 4"
Radio 45
9/2/2015 23:07
"4-10", "I'm following you."
Radio 46
9/2/2015 23:10
"4 to 12", "Yeah", "Yeah we got him over here.", "Okay Ill be there shortly."
Radio 47
9/2/2015 23:20
"10 to 11. Are you still at the office"
Birtcher "Affirm"
Radio 48
9/2/2015 23:27
Birtcher (11)"I'll be enroute to the judge's."
Radio 49**
9/2/2015 23:30
10 "Yeah out at the hospital"
Radio 50
9/2/2015 23:36
"3500 I'm out here."
(Birtcher at the judges?)
Radio 51
9/2/2015 23:43
"11, 3500, I'm clear from here, enroute to the hospital."
This is 16 minutes after they left for the judge's house.
Radio 52
9/2/2015 23:45
"We're enroute."
Radio 53
9/2/2015 23:45
Sheriff Bodenbender, "I'm going to go on home, make sure you run that gun and um see if it's stolen"
The beginning of this call is Radio 52..?
Radio 54
9/2/2015 23:48
10 & 4 advise that they are returning to service.
Radio 55
9/2/2015 23:48
"12 [...] enroute to office."
Radio 56
9/2/2015 23:50
"3500, I'm at the hospital."
Radio 57
9/2/2015 23:58
"4 to 11.", "Go ahead.", "Can you call me when you get a minute, I forgot to ask you something."
Why not just ask over the radio?
Radio 58
9/3/2015 0:19
14 (Cooper) "One male enroute to station then CCNO."
Radio 59
9/3/2015 0:23
"When you get a moment give me a (dip)."
Again, why not just say it.
Radio 60
9/3/2015 0:24
"14.. 12 (maybe 20)"
Radio 61
9/3/2015 0:33
14 (Cooper ) "Can you advise CCNO ETA 10 minutes? Subject is being compliant right now."
Radio 62
9/3/2015 0:35
"3500, I'm clear from the hospital."
Radio 63
9/3/2015 0:45
"14 (Cooper), 3500
"Show me at CCNO"
Radio 64
9/3/2015 0:52
"14 (Cooper) to 3500."
"Show me back in service."
Directive Verdict
Kyle Kern had cut off drainage to all of his neighbors, directly causing their basements and properties to flood. The Parsons' tried to hold him accountable. However after days of jury trial Judge Collier dismissed the jury & took the matter into his own hands providing a Directive Verdict in favor of Kyle Kern.