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

[David Cohen]

DANG! That's one expensive radio... Over $2,500 in USD!

On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 10:13 AM, Thomas P. Clouse <tom at clouse.com> wrote:

> 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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