New York Times: The Wildly Popular Police Scanner Goes Silent for Many

[blantonl]

Back in about 1985 I was on a team that implemented the first Smartnet 1 trunking system for City of Miami. It replaced a UHF conventional system. I had an older neighbor down my street, Dottie Hopwood. She was daughter of a by then deceased NYPD Detective. She was also our well needed and respected neighborhood watch lady (snoop!) as she had a lot of free time and spent hours walking the blocks and feeding cats. She was quite upset that she was now locked out of the scanner world. At the time there were no trunking scanners to be had. I really felt bad then, and now, that I could not set her up as I had the "skillz and warez". It would have been a big conflict of interest and certainly would have gotten out as it turns out she was otherwise very well connected in the community. Her Obit listed commendations from DEA etc.

Whatever anyone might think of police needing encryption, there are people listening that are serving the better good. Dottie was one of them for sure.

DOROTHEA HOPWOOD Obituary (2010) - Miami, FL - the Miami Herald

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You could have given her a STX portable man…. Damn 😊

 

[riccom]

You could have given her a STX portable man…. Damn 😊

Can we add some modat to give it a lapd feel!

 

[iamhere300]

Back in about 1985 I was on a team that implemented the first Smartnet 1 trunking system for City of Miami. It replaced a UHF conventional system. I had an older neighbor down my street, Dottie Hopwood. She was daughter of a by then deceased NYPD Detective. She was also our well needed and respected neighborhood watch lady (snoop!) as she had a lot of free time and spent hours walking the blocks and feeding cats. She was quite upset that she was now locked out of the scanner world. At the time there were no trunking scanners to be had. I really felt bad then, and now, that I could not set her up as I had the "skillz and warez". It would have been a big conflict of interest and certainly would have gotten out as it turns out she was otherwise very well connected in the community. Her Obit listed commendations from DEA etc.

Whatever anyone might think of police needing encryption, there are people listening that are serving the better good. Dottie was one of them for sure.

DOROTHEA HOPWOOD Obituary (2010) - Miami, FL - the Miami Herald

View DOROTHEA HOPWOOD's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.

www.legacy.com

Hmmm. Did I meet you in Schaumberg around then? Maybe a class on managing trunking systems? Maybe traded a scanner for some UHF mobiles?

 

[monitor142]

Can we add some modat to give it a lapd feel!

That would require an upgrade to an Astro Saber with the infamous flash code...

 

[monitor142]

You could have given her a STX portable man…. Damn 😊

Ahh, the STX. One heck of a brick. I'm sure there's still some knuckleheads running around with the Motorola imprint of the battery label imprinted on their foreheads : )

 

[iamhere300]

Ahh, the STX. One heck of a brick. I'm sure there's still some knuckleheads running around with the Motorola imprint of the battery label imprinted on their foreheads : )

One of the favored weapons .... I mean tools of a SP in the AF.

 

[INDY72]

One of the favored weapons .... I mean tools of a SP in the AF.

One can sometimes also read the "tattoo" left by a certain flashlight brand on a temple or three.... LOL... But you know its a home run when you can read the OEM numbers of the battery of an old school "Jedi" Saber... Never forget those foot long batteries lol!

 

[iamhere300]

Years ago in Nashville TN I was involved taking down an "individual" that had assaulted an officer. He was seen by another person, and he and I approached him. During the following tussle all you could hear is the poor misunderstood child yelling at me "dont hit me with your nightstick" over and over. I got up finally, put my 3 cell mag light back in my car, and waited for the supervisor. My little 3 cell mag light was small until you counted the custom aluminium 14 inch extension.............