To: Myrddin
It was a rough volunteer job, it was new here then and the cops didn't care for us, no cooperation. The gangbangers got police scanners, would here our reports to one another and chase our cars down the street. When I was about 6 months pregnant and winter I stopped -g-
4,728 posted on
05/29/2004 12:10:35 AM PDT by
JustPiper
(There is a LAW of Cause and Affect)
To: JustPiper
I have a way around the scanners when my wife is working dispatch. I call her cell phone from my cell phone. No radio traffic. The officers have cell phones too. CDMA cell phones can't be picked up on a scanner. The cell phone dispatches are logged into the CAD system. Fairly secure. San Diego Sheriff's Dept installed mobile data terminals in the cars. Dispatch is done digitally. Nothing for the bad guys to hear.
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