[Scan-DC] Prankster on Citywide talkgroup early this AM

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Hopefuly they found the radio before they disabled it. Cause once u disable it.
You can only re-able it only by hard programming if i am correct. I kow with
the new kenwoods you can do the same thing with DTMF. My radio guy sets his up
by the last 4 digits of hte SN. Also it's not hard to buy a radio on e-bay
anymore. It may be costly but someone would have to know alot about the radio
system to program it.
JOHN

Quoting David Schoenberger <david at davidschoenberger.net>:

> About 1:30 this morning (Friday), someone who had either stolen or
> obtained a DC radio illegally was on the Citywide talkgroup (16624).  A
> supervisor came on and told him he was on the Metropolitan Police
> Department radio system.  The guy replied with a crude remark.  The
> dispatcher repeatedly told him to stop transmitting, and that the radio
> was in the process of being tracked.  She also gave him a phone number
> to call so they could speak with him and suggested he turn the radio in
> to the local Maryland State Police barracks or the Prince George's
> County Police.  Eventually, the dispatcher told units on Citywide to
> switch to 1D.  When the units had switched over, one of them asked
> dispatch if they had the capability to disable the offending radio.  The
> dispatcher replied that they were in the process of doing so.  I didn't
> hear what eventually happened, but the gentleman did speak much more
> kindly to the dispatchers as they continued talking.
>
> Dave
>
>
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