Albany man arrested using scanner app

[Mtnrider]

Albany man arrested after posing as police officer - NEWS10 ABC: Albany, New York News, Weather, Sports

 

[msradell]

If you read the article, even the title, having the scanner app was only a secondary part of his arrest!

 

[Night_Watchman]

If you read the article, even the title, having the scanner app was only a secondary part of his arrest!

Perhaps, but incidents like this will only lead to more and more law enforcement agencies encrypting all of their transmissions.

 

[DaveNF2G]

He was also arrested (later) for having a stolen police radio. Makes me wonder about the reporting on this.

 

[XTS3000]

Remember when you could buy a scanner, take it home and mod it to receive cellular? Everything was going good until some idiot published a cell call from Newt Gingrich, about a year later the cellular scanner ban went into effect.

All it's going to take is some idiot abusing a scanner app at some political event. Enjoy your scanner apps while they last.

 

[mrkelso]

He was also arrested (later) for having a stolen police radio. Makes me wonder about the reporting on this.

I agree

 

[Thayne]

Perhaps, but incidents like this will only lead to more and more law enforcement agencies encrypting all of their transmissions.

It seems nobody else believes that but you and me---

 

[scannerfreak]

Since this is obviously going to turn into another debate, let's continue this here:

http://forums.radioreference.com/ra...ive-audio-feeds-scanners-wait-encryption.html

Thanks