Lubbock Scanner public API

Endpoints

• GET /api/public/recent
  Newest incidents first. Parameters: kind (a slug below or an everyday word), street (a street name), area (central, north, south, east, west, northwest, northeast, southwest, southeast, near-texas-tech), limit (1 to 100, default 30), offset (0 to 500). Returns total, offset, limit, next, count, incidents[], as_of, timezone, source.
• GET /api/public/search
  Plain-language search. Parameters: q (up to 120 characters, English or Spanish words plus a street), limit (1 to 50, default 20). Returns understood (the kinds and terms it parsed), count, incidents[].
• GET /api/public/incident/<id>
  One incident, the same fields plus last_update_at; 404 when it is not in the window. The timeline and transcripts are on the incident page.

Incident fields

id, url, title, kind, kind_label, category (police, fire, ems, traffic, other), location (block level, may be empty), streets (list), area, city, reported_at (ISO 8601, America/Chicago offset, whole seconds), status (active or closed), confidence (high, medium or low; medium and low are unconfirmed), summary (latest update, may be empty).

Kind slugs

• shots-fired: shots-fired and gunfire calls
• fires: fire calls
• crashes: vehicle crashes
• pursuits: police pursuits
• burglaries: burglary calls
• thefts: theft and stolen-vehicle calls
• assaults: assault calls
• disturbances: disturbance calls
• suspicious-activity: suspicious person and vehicle calls
• hazards: gas leaks, downed power lines and other hazards
• alarms: alarm calls
• traffic: traffic stops and road calls

Examples

• https://lubbockscanner.com/api/public/recent?kind=crashes&limit=100&offset=100
• https://lubbockscanner.com/api/public/search?q=gunshots+34th+street

Responses carry ETag and Last-Modified; send If-None-Match to get a 304 when nothing changed. The incident lists are also an Atom feed at /feed.xml. Machine-readable schema: /openapi.json; guide for AI agents: /llms.txt; terms of use: /terms.

Automated from public scanner radio and unofficial; locations are shown to the block, mental-health crisis calls are never listed, and the rest of the rules are on the how it works page. Times are Central (America/Chicago).