diff --git a/drb-c2-core/app/internal/incident_correlator.py b/drb-c2-core/app/internal/incident_correlator.py
index 00e5284..269a5f4 100644
--- a/drb-c2-core/app/internal/incident_correlator.py
+++ b/drb-c2-core/app/internal/incident_correlator.py
@@ -789,7 +789,14 @@ async def _build_context(
     location       = clean_location(location)
     if location is None:
         location_coords = None
-    coords         = location_coords or call_doc.get("location_coords")
+    # NOT `location_coords or call_doc.get("location_coords")` — server-26#87.
+    # A radio call can be split into several scenes, and only the primary
+    # scene's geocode is written to the call doc. Falling back to it here
+    # would hand every non-primary scene the primary scene's pin, fabricating
+    # location_proximity (the strongest accept signal) for a scene that has
+    # no location of its own and driving over-merges. If a scene passes no
+    # coords, it has none — it is judged thin and must win on its own signal.
+    coords         = location_coords
     is_thin_call   = _is_thin_call(
         call_units, call_vehicles, coords, tags, location, call_severity, reassignment
     )
diff --git a/drb-c2-core/tests/test_incident_identity.py b/drb-c2-core/tests/test_incident_identity.py
index 38aa2fc..c97804c 100644
--- a/drb-c2-core/tests/test_incident_identity.py
+++ b/drb-c2-core/tests/test_incident_identity.py
@@ -229,6 +229,31 @@ async def test_a_bare_number_never_reaches_the_correlator():
     assert ctx["location_coords"] is None
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_a_scene_with_no_location_does_not_inherit_the_call_docs_pin():
+    """
+    server-26#87. One call can be split into several scenes, and only the
+    primary scene's geocode is written to the call doc. A non-primary scene
+    that passes no location of its own must not inherit that pin — doing so
+    fabricates location_proximity, the strongest accept signal, for a scene
+    that has none, and drives it into the primary scene's incident.
+    """
+    with patch("app.internal.incident_correlator.fstore") as mock_fstore:
+        mock_fstore.doc_get = AsyncMock(
+            return_value={"location_coords": GRASSLANDS}
+        )
+        mock_fstore.collection_list = AsyncMock(return_value=[])
+        ctx = await _build_context(
+            call_id="call-scene-2", units=None, vehicles=None, cleared_units=None,
+            location_coords=None, reference_time=NOW,
+            system_id="sys-1", talkgroup_id=383, talkgroup_name=DISPATCH_TG,
+            tags=[], incident_type="police", location=None,
+            reassignment=False, create_if_new=True,
+        )
+    assert ctx["coords"] is None
+    assert ctx["is_thin_call"] is True
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_a_bare_number_never_becomes_an_incident_location_or_title():
     inc = await _create(tags=["flames"], location="49", coords=None,