[Scan-DC] Officer's radio fished out of septic tank

[Thomas P. Clouse]

I'm worried about the person that has to USE the radio for the next 20
years.
On Mar 28, 2012 10:03 AM, "Joel Kahn" <jrkahn at att.net> wrote:

> Sorry for this in advance, but ........ this sounds like a crop of crap to
> me!
> and how much do they pay the guy who had to go into the tank to retrieve
> the radio?
>
> Joel R Kahn
>
> jrkahn at att.net
>
> --- On Wed, 3/28/12, Sean Hoyden <sean.hoyden at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> From: Sean Hoyden <sean.hoyden at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Officer's radio fished out of septic tank
> To: "Alan Henney" <alan at henney.com>
> Cc: "Scan DC" <Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 7:36 AM
>
>
> "Hang Ha Po" -  you can't make this stuff up.
>
> Sean Hoyden
> 703.899.8893
>
> On Mar 28, 2012, at 12:19 AM, "Alan Henney" <alan at henney.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > South China Morning Post
> >
> > March 27, 2012 Tuesday
> >
> > Officer's radio fished out of septic tank
> >
> > BYLINE: Clifford Lo clifford.lo at scmp.com
> >
> > SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 03
> >
> > LENGTH: 254 words
> >
> > Sanitation workers yesterday retrieved a police digital walkie-talkie
> worth more than HK$20,000 from a public toilet in Tai Po, where it had been
> accidentally dropped into a septic tank by a police officer over the
> weekend.
> >
> > A team from the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department, responding to
> a police request for help, took nearly three hours to retrieve the device
> from the three-metre-deep tank beneath the toilet at Hang Ha Po, off Lam
> Kam Road.
> >
> > The radio fell into the tank at about 8.45pm on Saturday, after a
> plainclothes officer visited the toilet while on patrol with three
> colleagues during an anti-burglary operation. She immediately reported the
> loss to her commander.
> >
> > Officers guarded the toilet for the next two days, until the FEHD could
> respond. Sewage was pumped out before a worker went into the tank to
> retrieve the walkie-talkie.
> >
> > Police said the 27-year-old policewoman, who has been with the Tai Po
> divisional task force for about two years, had placed the device on top of
> a tissue-roll holder.
> >
> > She would probably receive a verbal warning for negligence, an officer
> said.
> >
> > "It appears to be a careless act, but each officer is responsible for
> handling and keeping their equipment properly," the officer said.
> >
> > According to police, communication between the walkie-talkie and the
> control centre had been disconnected after it was reported missing.
> >
> > The device is part of the force's third-generation Command and Control
> Communications system, which is digitally encrypted to prevent illegal
> scanners eavesdropping.
> >
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