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As I stated before... According to the discussion forums on THIS site, NOT MACOM literature, the jag trick isn't that easy. The accuracy of this information on the forums relies, or should rely on the patrolling of RR's information accuracy police aka the "admin(s)", I'm just saying. Second, general requirements of most C.O.P(citizens on patrol) programs, no felony convictions, not currently on probation or parole, no lengthy arrest record, no MAJOR crimes on record(every ones tried it at least once), no gang association, and in my home town, no DWI CHARGES not convictions but actual arrests, in the past 2 years, and no arrests in the past 2 years. That's pretty reasonable if you ask me. Most any decent job has similar requirements. Sorry but its gonna take a pretty good argument to convenience me and I'm sure EVERY department in America that felony gang bangers are monitoring police radio transmissions for "entertainment" purposes only. But that discussion is for a different forum. THIRD, OK So maybe i shouldn't have said ESK's BUT yet again according the OKCPD page on THIS site ,states that all the "fun" channels are ENCRYPTED (please refer to my comment regarding the accuracy of this information to lines 1,2, and 3) if you enjoy listening to whether or not people are wanted or what the worst arrest is on their CCH, if they parked in the red zone, or what the neighborhood loon hit her husband over the head with this week by all means knock yourself out, but as far as stings, stakeouts, swat bust's, or special ops, SOL there. Me, i could care less who gets a ticket for running a red light, i have cable. For police pursuits, beginning of most standoffs, and "in progress" calls, the city simultaneously transmitts on fm freqs. My only motive on my reply was to help save the guy 800 bucks. But hey I like Mark and if you've got $800 to blow, please throw it in his direction, all his products and services are industry leading. If they had a frequent shopper card, it would be on my key chain. Fourth, as for this MACOM civil suit, sure maybe... to the POSTER whom started the discussion, bottom line cops don't like scanners, for what ever reason justified or not, they don't. Sure u cant go to jail for having one, but they REALLY don't like it when ur riding around with one of their radios, regardless of it being capable to TRX or not. They see it as unnecessary and I'm sure most people can agree, The durability and receptive power difference btwn a scanner and actual radio argument doesn't hold enough water. Regardless of violation of rights can or cant do it, wrong or right they usually give those with similar equipment to theirs the owners a hard time when ever they can. They will harass you about the radio if ever caught with it, which can open up doors that aren't fun, sure maybe nothing will come of it but unless your a negative experience seeker it's not worth it. Plus the programming option that's available to people with radios should be viewed and treated as a privilege. The last thing our buddy needs is a mad department harassing him about programming radios to their freq's. This scanning community needs to watch out for one another to prevent turkeys from ruining things for us. Any officer that is associated with RR will agree with what Ive said, i know this because I'm merely repeated what I've read from an officers posting on wreck less scanning. One last thing, YES those FI's and our wall does help, it's a funny thing how much more successful narcotics bust are when, well, the dealer isn't expecting us, and now when our party patrol hits a house full of UN suspecting minors because the residence has a warning that notifies our dispatch to contact responding officers by phone and not giving out the address over the air, which in turn prevents them from driving or making more wrong decisions, the kids parents are usually grateful. Funny how that woks... Police actually working for the public's safety.
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