[InHam] Fw: [Ham-Radio-News] Information seeking to disable radio comms

Mon, 17 Feb 2003 20:41:35 -0500

I can't say how authentic this email is, but the suggestions offered seem to
be pretty sound so I decided to pass it on.  See below for the body of the
email.
Dan

Dan Evans K9ZF
IN-Ham list administrator

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dakota Summerhawk" <[email protected]>
To: "Shywyradioclub" <[email protected]>; "Ham-Radio-News"
<[email protected]>; "Amateurradioemergencyservice"
<[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 4:57 PM
Subject: [Ham-Radio-News] Information seeking to disable radio comms

> AT THE REQUEST OF THE CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES THIS SPECIAL
> BULLETIN IS SENT TO ALL EMCOMMWEST SUBSCRIBERS -
>
> Homeland Security Threat Advisory:   Suspicious Activity
>
> We have received information from APCO (Associated Public Safety
> Communications Officers, Inc.) members that they have received numerous
> calls of a suspicious nature from people describing themselves as college
> students performing research.
>
> The questions have included specific communications infrastructure
location
> information requests. Additionally, there have been reports of people
> recording and photographing public safety communications towers.
>
> While there has been no evidence to suggest these are not legitimate
> actions, APCO advises you to pay close attention to such activity and
report
> anything suspicious according to your local Standard Operating Procedures
> (SOP). APCO further advises not to release information to persons of
unknown
> origin at this or any other time.  Additionally, APCO recommends that you
> re-evaluate your internal Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for
procedures
> on handling these types of calls to ensure this issue is addressed
> specifically for communications related information during this time of
> heightened security.
>
> Subject: FYI...Use caution
>
> This afternoon, I receive a suspicious call from a gentleman claiming to
be
> long distance and representative of a "study of a Western College",
desiring
> to speak to the person who could best answer questions concerning the
radio
> repeater system we operated on in Rockdale County, Georgia.
>
> He volunteered he had gotten my name and address from APCO Int. and that
> this research was for a college paper.
>
> He spoke and sounded middle-eastern and was very disappointed when I told
> him I did not give "any" information out concerning my radio system to
> anyone by phone, and he could place his request in writing... He started
to
> stammer and ask how he would do that, and I informed him he had my name
and
> number and he should have my address and I ended the call.
>
> I do not expect to receive anything in the mail from this individual.
> Recently, a discovery in Virginia upon a routine traffic stop it was found
> that a map of the entire state's radio system (towers etc) was found in
the
> possession of a suspicious individual.   WE DO NOT NEED TO ASSIST IN THE
> COMPILATION OF THIS INFORMATION.
>
> Please DO NOT give out any information to inquiries about your
> communications system, 911 switches, or other type of surveys that could
> furnish information to wrong people.
>
> I wish I had been able document the caller's phone number, as I have
caller
> ID, but it was not retrievable on my system.  If any of you receive these
> calls, if you can get a call back number or more information, please do so
> and forward to GEMA.  I am notifying GEMA at this time.
>
> Thanks
>
> Carolyn H. Hunter
>
> (Communications Director - Rockdale County GA)
>
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