I'm curious if anyone knows about any police departments (in the U.S.) that still do not use two way radios. I've never heard of any, but I'm willing to bet that there is at least one.
Police departments without radios
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There's only one I know of. "Hello Sara, have you seen Andy?"
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Some small towns in Vermont have "constables". You might check the websites for Ira or Sandgate. They are pretty small towns. The Town Constable might have a annual budget of $100 and might not have radios. But they might have a cellphone to try to reach the State Police dispatcher. Peter Sz
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Maybe a one-street town with one officer. Who's he gonna talk to?
(Well, probably himself as he slowly loses his mind from boredom.)
(Well, probably himself as he slowly loses his mind from boredom.)
Nextel?
Yep. Seems to be happening a lot. I remember the news doing a story on that not too long ago.
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Andy Griffith's department did have radios. Their car had a large VHF-Lo antenna and Motorola radio (Twin-V I believe) and a Motorola base station. They also used some Eico ham and CB radios in a few episodes.
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Barney gives a detailed explanation of how the mobile unit works in Season 32 Episode 34 "Barney's Replacement".
Check it out at YouTube - The Andy Griffith Show (S2) - "Barney's Replacement" pt.1/3
His technical overview begins at the 7:18 mark!
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I guess it is good they have a failsafe plan in place.
OpenSky users should have an entirely separate radio system for a failsafe judging by the amount of problems everyone has heard about.
I think I recall them talking to the state police in one episode.
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even the bedrock pd had radios
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Andy Griffith's department did have radios. Their car had a large VHF-Lo antenna and Motorola radio (Twin-V I believe) and a Motorola base station. They also used some Eico ham and CB radios in a few episodes.
Can't see the control head in the car so I can't say what the radio is but the base microphone is Motorola, but I can't see the radio clearly enough. Actually those other radios were an Eico 720 crystal controlled (FT-243 type crystals) 75W input Novice CW only transmitter and the other a Heathkit "Lunch Box" ham transceiver.
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Yes, but did you ever see them USE the radio?
Not unless a key was attached and Barney knew Morse code. (;->)
"even the bedrock pd had radios"
Yeah, every now and then the chief thought he was speaking to a stone.
We now return you to our regularly scheduled Nextel already in progress.
Andy Griffith's department did have radios. Their car had a large VHF-Lo antenna and Motorola radio (Twin-V I believe) and a Motorola base station. They also used some Eico ham and CB radios in a few episodes.
Can't see the control head in the car so I can't say what the radio is but the base microphone is Motorola, but I can't see the radio clearly enough. Actually those other radios were an Eico 720 crystal controlled (FT-243 type crystals) 75W input Novice CW only transmitter and the other a Heathkit "Lunch Box" ham transceiver.
eaf1956:
Yes, but did you ever see them USE the radio?
Not unless a key was attached and Barney knew Morse code. (;->)
"even the bedrock pd had radios"
Yeah, every now and then the chief thought he was speaking to a stone.
We now return you to our regularly scheduled Nextel already in progress.
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Well, what about a police department that doesn't use hand held radios, and relies strictly on mobile radios?
And, I asked this once a long time ago, but never got an answer: What's the largest city police department in the US that still uses VHF low band as their primary method of communication? I'm looking for cities, not state police or highway patrols.
And, I asked this once a long time ago, but never got an answer: What's the largest city police department in the US that still uses VHF low band as their primary method of communication? I'm looking for cities, not state police or highway patrols.
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The small CB in Andy Griffith is an Eico 762 . It's a single channel transmit and tunable receive. I have one.
Northbridge Mass - low band for PD possibly - not a city but a larger town - maybe 15,000 population - check the Worcester County listings
I think that maybe 1 or 2 PDs in Connecticut still use lowband - maybe in New London County or Fairfield County
Maybe some of the countys in the mountains near Fresno Calif still have Sheriffs on low band - not a city PD - but there are few city PDs in those mtns
Adams County Ohio or Clermont County Ohio - Sheriff or police on 39.98 for many many years - just east of Cincinatti
I cant think of anyone else that might be on lowband
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I think that maybe 1 or 2 PDs in Connecticut still use lowband - maybe in New London County or Fairfield County
Maybe some of the countys in the mountains near Fresno Calif still have Sheriffs on low band - not a city PD - but there are few city PDs in those mtns
Adams County Ohio or Clermont County Ohio - Sheriff or police on 39.98 for many many years - just east of Cincinatti
I cant think of anyone else that might be on lowband
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