Caller: People Posing as City Workers Asked About Evacuations
Fri Oct 9, 2026 at 5:02 PM CT · PANAMA CITY · Bay County
A caller reported people posing as city workers asking residents about evacuations. Officers were asked to check the East Beach Drive area Friday after a caller reported that people in yellow vests had come through around 5:02 PM claiming to be city workers and asking how many people had been evacuated.
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What we know
- Reported: Fri Oct 9, 2026 at 5:02 PM CT
- Location: East Beach Drive area, Panama City
- Community: PANAMA CITY
- Status: Preliminary – not an official report
Confirmed vs. not yet known
| HEARD ON DISPATCH | A caller reported people posing as city workers asking residents about evacuations. Officers were asked to check the East Beach Drive area Friday after a caller reported that people in yellow vests had come through around 5:02 PM claiming to be city workers and asking how many people had been evacuated. |
| PRELIMINARY | This comes from a short radio clip and has not been confirmed by an agency. |
| NOT KNOWN | Cause, outcome and any agency follow-up. |
Dispatch timeline
Call heard on Bay County Law Enforcement dispatch.
No further radio traffic about this call is in the clip we have. This page is updated if an agency releases more.
Source: Bay County Law Enforcement dispatch audio, auto-transcribed.
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