[FedCom] Re: CAP Radios

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How about getting back to reporting on Fed comms and not everyone's opinion.
Greg
-----Original Message-----
From: "Mutual Aid Supplies, Inc." <mutualaidsupplies at yahoo.com>

Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2008 21:13:14 
To:Discussion of Federal Government Communications <fedcom at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [FedCom] Re: CAP Radios


Since you opened up a can of worms. I might as well respond.

1. Thier mission is whatever the national Ops center it is.&nbsp; There is no Primary mission. 


2. Homeland security is at all levels of the Govt. Vol &amp; career. Just because you are a Vol. that does not mean you are "less" useful.
&nbsp;
Fact: some SWAT members of police agencies are volunteer. {NOTE: 1 Law Enforcement officer dies each week in the line of duty}

Fact: 85% of firefighters ARE volunteer. { NOTE: 2 firefighters die each week in the line of duty} 

Since they are also unpaid volunteers, does that mean they should leave it to the "pros" ? Just because you are a volunteer, does NOT mean you are not a pro !&nbsp;&nbsp; The training is just as intense as the pros 

By the way, Since they are considered part of the US air force, they are not civilians. 

A NON-Civilian is defined as: Any Firefighter, Law Enforcement, and any branch of the US Military {Including the US Coast Guard}

3. I quote from you "they have a duty to report anything out of the ordinary, but so does 
any other civilian."

That is incorrect, there is no law, local or Federal that states a civilian has a "duty" to report something out of the ordinary.&nbsp; 
But if you are operating in Official CAP capacity, then yes you do because that is part of your duty as a CAP member.

4. I quote 
"The CAP is essentially a national "neighborhood watch"
organization with airplanes."

If this is correct, then I guess every Federal law Enforcement agency, Local &amp; State Law Enforcement aircraft are apart of this "Neighborhood watch"  Because they are in a aircraft &amp; do not get directly involved? blah. 


Sorry about this Fedcom,&nbsp; I just had to respond to his comments. This will be my last post on this discussion.

Carry on.

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--- On Sat, 6/7/08, roypb at aol.com &lt;roypb at aol.com&gt; wrote:
From: roypb at aol.com &lt;roypb at aol.com&gt;
Subject: [FedCom] Re: CAP Radios
To: fedcom at mailman.qth.net
Date: Saturday, June 7, 2008, 11:34 PM

1. Though considered the Air Force Auxiliary, they're still a group of 
unpaid, unarmed &gt;civilian&lt; volunteers.

2. They have no business being involved in high-risk interdiction and 
"homeland security" missions. Leave that to the pros.

3. They have a duty to report anything out of the ordinary, but so does 
any other civilian. They are however, probably better trained and take 
this responsibillity more seriously.

4. The CAP is essentially a national "neighborhood watch"
organization 
with airplanes. Isn't search &amp; rescue their primary mission?

5. The dope dealers and well-funded terrorist orgainzations surely have 
the people in place to get the information and the money to decrypt 
whatever they need. It's just as silly when local cops make an arrest 
and say "Look! These evil people have SCANNERS!" Those
"scanners" 
didn't do them any good, did they? They were arrested regardless.

I mean no insult to the fine people involved in this organization. 
Their work is very much apprciated, but let's be realistic.

And now, back to FEDCOM.

Frequencies recently active, in the clear, in the Chicago metro area:
170.6250 (167.9)
167.2125 (167.9)
418.6250 (156.7)
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