[Scan-DC] Local criminal gang found with scanner tuned to FCPD

[Dewey3]

The bad part about it all is that this is a moot point.  Fairfax Co has been
dispatching via MDT for YEARS... in fact IIRC, they were among the first in
this area (similar to their being among the first in this area to migrate to
the newly opened "800s").  Of course it doesn't matter when reporters in the
media make statements like the ones you posted!

Dewey

On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 12:01 AM, Brent H. Baker
<BrentHBaker at earthlink.net>wrote:

> A group of criminals believed to be stealing gold from the homes of
> Asians and Indians were using a scanner to help avoid capture, according
> to a Monday Washington Post article: "Authorities try to salvage case in
> Northern Virginia gold thefts."
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/20/AR2010062003673.html
>
> Not helpful news for those who don't want police communications moved to
> closed systems (like PA) or encrypted.
>
> Two sentences from the story:
>
> found in a car:
> "Inside was a police scanner tuned to Fairfax police dispatchers, a
> laptop, a clipboard with blank invoices, binoculars and a GPS unit."
>
> and in a hotel room:
> "Police also found a gold testing kit, some wire cutters and a list of
> Fairfax police radio frequencies."
>
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