Scanner News Headlines - 09/07/08, Pt.1
09/07/08, 11:09PM PT - Hello everyone. Here are some interesting news articles that I recently came across involving police scanners:
+ Man sentenced to 75 hours community service for having police scanner
The director of a church-security ministry in Virginia says he was treated unfairly by the Tallahassee Police Department when he was arrested three months ago on misdemeanor charges of having a police scanner and blue lights installed in his car.
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+ 32 federally-funded computers head for Bay County patrol cars
A once-indispensable tool of police on patrol may soon be a relic of the past. With laptop computers rapidly gaining in popularity, the old-fashioned police radio may soon go the way of the horse-drawn paddywagon. That’s bad news for folks who love listening to police scanners at home, but good news for law enforcement.
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+ EPD sees largest cocaine bust in its history
During a search of a home police recovered a stolen handgun taken in a 2001 burglary, several hundred rounds of ammunition, digital scales and a police scanner.
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+ Two arrested, pit bull killed during drug raid
During a search of a home, police found marijuana, drug paraphernalia, a shotgun and rifle, a police scanner and cash. One man was arrested on suspicion of possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and use of a police scanner during the commission of a felony.
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+ Lakewood police suspect impersonator made stops
Police arrested a man with a gun, handcuffs, badges in a vehicle equipped with flashing lights, police scanner and public address system.
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+ Spitz: Cops speak their own language
The GOA fox didn’t make the cut. Neither did the DK in need of a good PC. Or the female party who was sectioned. That’s the way it goes with police scanner talk.
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