Posted on 10/06/2020 10:16:17 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
TALBOT COUNTY, MD (October 5, 2020) - The Office of the State Fire Marshal Bomb Squad has been busy over the last 36-hours, responding to suspicious devices attached to political campaign signs. On October 4, 2020, at approximately 9:00 a.m, Easton Police Department were dispatched to Idlewild Park in the 100 block of Idlewild Road for a suspicious device located on the rear of a campaign sign. After observing the device, officers requested the Office of the State Fire Marshal Bomb Squad's assistance.
Bomb Technicians responded and determined the device was innocuous and removed the device. Since that time, Bomb Technicians have responded to four more similar devices in and around Easton, and all were determined to be of similar construction.
The devices are described as a small audible alarm attached to the rear of the sign with a removable pull pin. Once the pull pin is removed, an attached string line is pulled away, sounding the alarm. It appears that the purpose of the devices was to thwart the theft or removal of the sign.
At no time were the devices a threat to the public. All the signs were located in public areas, which by Maryland law are not allowed. Campaign signs do not require a permit but are prohibited from being placed on public rights-of-way, road shoulders, or medians.
The Office of the State Fire Marshal asks citizens if they should see a similar type of device located on a campaign sign, to contact their local police agency for further instructions. Citizens should never take upon themselves to remove suspicious devices and reminded the public to practice the three R's when a suspicious device is located. Recognize that any suspicious objects found should not be touched under any circumstances. Retreat or carefully leave the area, and report immediately what was found and the approximate location to a 911 dispatcher.
You just *knew* it would be Trump signs.
Bogus, who in the world would put the device on the
FACE of the sign??
Big deal. Someone put a alarm on their Trump signs to prevent theft and it’s national news?
Or a tracking device.
The national LSM is just warning their fellow travelers to look before stealing.
Lawn signs are two-sided. You can face them out toward the street or side-ways to catch people coming and going.
Learn something new every day.
I think this is funny.
Someone set up these signs hoping to startle people who try to steal them.
That's probably how they were discovered and reported to law enforcement.
Can you imagine their reaction when the alarm went off?
Too bad they didn't include hidden cams too.
So just go back to spraying OC self-defense spray (the 15% kind if you can find it) on the BACK of the sign.
No way to prove YOU did it.
Most, if not all, states have this law. But that is where they wind up, anyways.......
So the public servants dutifully removed the Trump signs, but what the article does not mention is: did they also remove the "llegal" Biden signs? Inquiring minds want to know!
I once created a similar pin-activated device as an attack in an office prank war. Not only did it make noise, but it gave anyone who touched it a harmless electric shock.
It’s a good thing the victims didn’t call the bomb squad.
Had to be. Our side is not afraid of signs.
What law gives the gestapo the right to remove the property owner's alarm system???
https://www.amazon.com/Tanglefoot-Company-300000676-018441950112-Tangle-Trap/dp/B000NCYQMS
This stuff does not come off. It ruins clothes, upholstery, steering wheel, shifter.... everything you touch. Soap doesnt get it off. Solvents do nothing. Spray on the areas of your signs someone would grab onto to steal it. It will ruin their day in a big way.
Better living through chemistry.
It wasn’t on the face, it was on the rear, but it’s a double-sided sign.
The signs were on public property.
Why would up need a double sided sign, you already
know that’s on the other side...
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