lafd55
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I'm from out of the area and I have a quick question about the PPD's vehicles. I've noticed that most of not all patrol vehicles don't have radio antennas, are they mounted in the interior?
I'm from out of the area and I have a quick question about the PPD's vehicles. I've noticed that most of not all patrol vehicles don't have radio antennas, are they mounted in the interior?
What if they go on a chase though? How far out of the city do they get decent coverage?
What if they go on a chase though? How far out of the city do they get decent coverage?
The department policy as far as I know is 1 unit proceeds with the chase into the next county or city and the rest usually break off. Doesn't always happen that way lol. That being said I have heard them as far as the edge of the Pennsylvania/Delaware State line and as far north as deep bucks county.
Do they have communications with anybody outside of the City?
I'd be willing to bet that even before there are actual 2-way comms, that each municipality that borders Philly is already actively monitoring the applicable philly pd talk group that borders them.
Philly 99.9% of the time does not engage in pursuits. You have to pretty much try and kill a cop for them to chase you.
If that is true, thanks for putting that out there. That knowledge will be useful to a lot of people lol.
NYC is also the same, they terminate 99% vehicle pursuits. Most of the time when they do chase someone it usually ends up with injuries and accidents.
Good to know. :lol: I'm sure the PDs who monitor this board appreciate this information getting publicized. How not to make friends.