[Scan-DC] ALEXANDRIA SCANNERS

[John Antonelli]

  Well don't hold your breath. Unless there is a law preventing 
encryption then there will be encryption.

On 9/3/2010 9:49 PM, johnson at cpcug.org wrote:
> As we all know, criminals have been using scanners or similar radios as
> long as police have used radios.  Back in the ol' Montgomery County
> analogue days, two burglars, "The Gentlemen Bandits" 10+ years ago
> possessed scanners when they were finally apprehended.
>
> Police today are using the "to make you safer from terrorists" card not to
> get caught with their pants down and not to appear stupid or get caught
> abusing protesters beyond what was required to control the crowd (the
> college kid who was roughed up by the mounted police but were caught on
> video showing the kid was not attacking the police).  I am in Denver
> working on my property but am hearing how five policemen from a suburban
> department have been accussed of abusing some guy and three have since
> resigned and the other two are under an internal investigation.  Around
> last January the son of a Pueblo, CO detective was roughed up by two
> Denver cops when he somehow ticked them off as he came out of a Denver
> retaurant but they were also filmed and after initial exoneration, the
> investigation has been reopened after protests by the father.
>
> These are the same cops who think they should ban scanners or be allowed
> to encrypt their transmissions.  It is the usual "somebody messes up so
> punish everybody" mentality.  Scanners keep them honest.  If the cops are
> honest and respect rights appropriately, they have nothing to fear.  I
> understand there are situations where communications should be kept
> confidential but not often and a criminal caught with a scanner, though,
> should get additional time.  I have no problem with additional penalties
> for use of a scanner in committing a crime.
>
> Ralph Johnson
>
>
>
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