[Scan-DC] City cop cars go high-tech

Sun, 27 Apr 2003 13:27:37 -0400

Yeah, I often see drug dealers toting around scanners 
while they are hauling their pants back up to waist level.
It just makes the cops' job so much harder. I'm glad this
data system will solve that problem. I'll sleep much easier
at night now.

I still haven't figured out how the laptop will place
phone calls to motorists whose cars have been towed.
That is VERY high-tech if you ask me. :-)

But seriously, folks, I did see an Oakland Park, Florida
deputy driving around the parking lot of a grocery store
very late one night a few months ago after I had done
some last-minute grocery shopping at store open 24 hours.
He was sitting in his car and just running tags of
most cars in the lot as fast as he could. I guess they
recover stolen vehicles or tags this way.

Bote
F.E.C. milepost 339.3 
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: [Scan-DC] City cop cars go high-tech
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> City cop cars go high-tech
> By BRIAN HAYNES Staff Writer
> 
> Annapolis police are taking high-tech on the road.
> 
> A new mobile computer system in patrol cars allows the city's finest to
> check for stolen cars and wanted criminals at the touch of a button and
> communicate without criminals eavesdropping on their conversations.
> 
> Sgt. Della said the system would have come in handy during the
> Presidents Day snowstorm, because police had to tow a large number of
> cars parked on emergency snow routes. Getting in touch with all of the
> owners was an overwhelming task for the officers and dispatchers, he
> said.
> 
> In the future, the computers will make that job a breeze, he said.
> 
> The system also allows dispatchers and officers to communicate with
> text messages between computers. This feature will come in handy in a
> number of situations, especially drug-dealing calls, because criminals can
> intercept radio calls using a cheap scanner and leave the area before
> police arrive, he said.