[FedCom] Troops Deploy to Border Areas

[Duane Donovan]

For example: Dispatch broadcasts a vehicle description and everyone who hears it becomes a set of eyes on the road. If no one can hear it then no one is looking.
Duane 


--- On Wed, 8/4/10, Roger Strohmeyer <roger.stroh at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Roger Strohmeyer <roger.stroh at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [FedCom] Troops Deploy to Border Areas
> To: "Discussion of Federal Government Communications" <fedcom at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Wednesday, August 4, 2010, 11:56 PM
> Well, that's a refreshing attitude
> because most law enforcement people
> I've come in contact with almost always frown upon anybody
> but
> Emergency personnel and the occasional media stringer
> showing up at
> Emergencies and\or crime scenes. I do know that some of the
> police
> here keep a keen eye out for "odd" vehicles showing up at
> Emergencies
> and will scrutinize the vehicles for antennas and if they
> feel they're
> being monitored they will switch to cell phone or Nextel.
> 
> In other words the police around here will almost always
> chide people
> about the bad part before even mentioning or even bringing
> up the
> "good part" of scanning enthusiasts. You're also in a rural
> area of
> the south where police work is a most likely just a tad
> different than
> California so that has to be brought into consideration.
> ;-)
> 
> OK, I need an OT "penalty frequency" but I dont have
> one....damn it. <g>
> 
> -Roger
> 
> On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 3:25 PM, Duane Donovan <ironman68_1998 at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > I am a Deputy Sheriff and I hate encryption. We have a
> Pro Voice system here in Louisiana and no one can hear it
> and come to my aid. The state is rolling out a 700mhz P25
> and hopefully we will be able to scan it. So far it is open
> but once it is on throughout the state it may be encrypted.
> We are a small rural department so citizens coming to help
> us sometimes could be a good thing.
> > Duane
> >
> >
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