What is the Best Police Scanner Currently Available

[AC2OY]

Jimru - here is a list of approx official scanner feeds - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AoX8tpb0l73sdHpram8zOGR1WGE4azZFRVRtRkN4dWc#gid=0 - note that some of them have been around for a long time - and the terrorists have not won yet.

"What is the best scanner?" - the best scanner is a scanner that can hear police and fire action (as opposed to a scanner that only blares the gibberish of encrypted radio traffic) - the UK got a new radio system recently and every single police, fire, and ambulance radio in the whole country is now encrypted

Long live the King!!....Sorry I just had to....LOL Isn't only a matter of time where here in the US all we will be able to hear with our $400.00 scanners is taxi cabs?

 

[Jimru]

Long live the King!!....Sorry I just had to....LOL Isn't only a matter of time where here in the US all we will be able to hear with our $400.00 scanners is taxi cabs?

Even taxi cabs are encrypting, or using cell phones and PTT phones, like Nextel!

We'll be listening to "sferics"!

http://naturalradiolab.com/

 

[gunmasternd]

You could save some money and just go to your local courthouse and sit in on some of the cases. You will hear more there than on a scanner.

or better yet sit in the back seat of a cop car and peak at the radio!

 

[KD2DLL]

I will be using this to oversee police activity and to record and report police officer misconduct.

This is a VERY bad idea, your not going to get nearly anywhere from just radio comms, and it will get you in a lot of trouble responding to the scene of an incident.