Cop dispatch call chasing

[bailagent67]

Lately a group of clowns ( cop watchers, 1 Amendment auditors bka Frauditors, are carrying around hand held scanners, so they show up a traffic stops, etc

Not to do anything helpful or productive. Just to cause trouble, heckle, cuss, act like lawyers,etc. Just to make money on YouTube.

I always thought that was illegal? Any thoughts?

The good guys that debunk these people on YouTube are. 1) Dr. Dave beer professor. 2) Unclean Hands. 3) Fraudologist is on *****ute

If not illegal, it will help hurting this hobby

 

[trentbob]

It's not illegal per se but if one of these wacker's was to step on evidence like shell casings, or their verbal interloping was to interfere with the questioning of a suspect, they're immediately obstructing justice. As a longtime news photographer and reporter you have to follow the orders of the police.

If I was in a hostile environment due to the characters involved on the police department and I knew them all, I would shoot all the photos and talk to all the witnesses I could before the cops even knew I was there. That's what a long lense is for. After I had enough for the front page and the inside and a good story, I would show up at the scene, sight unseen. "Oh you have to go stand back to a waiting area two blocks away", yes sir I would say. But I noticed that huge crowds of people were standing observing, taking phone photos.

No argument from me. The next day they saw themselves on the front page beating somebody with a nightstick. They had no idea. A few cops got fired over my method. I worked 40 years in the streets of the city of Trenton, New Jersey. The guys who liked me, gave me full access, I would never dare put them in a compromising situation. It's a two-way street.

Real professionals know what's legal and not legal. Weegee wannabes who have no concept of what the law is, combined with the cell phones they're listening to because they don't have the wherewithal to have a scanner are the reason that encryption is spreading like wildfire. Thank God I'm retired LOL

 

[Reconrider]

If they get close enough and don't heed the cops direct order, they could be arrested for obstructing the police and maybe another one. But these people are usually smart enough to know that.

 

[trentbob]

If they get close enough and don't heed the cops direct order, they could be arrested for obstructing the police and maybe another one. But these people are usually smart enough to know that.

You would think. you can't fix stupid.

 

[bailagent67]

Understandable.

But, these clowns interfere on purpose, escalate the situation,etc

Search YouTube for:

Jodi Kat Media
Tom Zebra,. Rights Crispy ,, Ammagasette Press,,, Michigan Constitution Crusader, Frickin Media

 

[AK9R]

But, these clowns interfere on purpose, escalate the situation,etc

IMHO, they should be arrested for interfering with law enforcement or whatever the local laws permit. Of course, the police are between a rock and a hard place these days because for every person they arrest on the street, a dozen people are recording them with their smartphones.

In my state, it's a violation of state law to walk around with a "police radio" which is defined as a radio capable of listening to police radio transmissions. Yes, there are exemptions for members of the media, amateur radio operators, etc. The law is not applied very often and, in one case I know of, a person who was serving as the look-out for a liquor store hold-up was also listening to the police with a scanner app. He was arrested for violating the state's scanner law. But, that was just a initial charge to hold him on. He was eventually charged with being an accessory to an armed robbery and the scanner charge was dropped.