[Scan-DC] Mentions Navy Yard Shooting (how much longer do we have to put up with this?)

[Bruce Harper]

On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 3:37 AM, Alan posted more disturbing news:

>Said the Russellville police when they made the switch:
> We have made this change due to communications and operational security reasons. We have noticed that not all of the monitoring of our system with scanners was done with good intentions. On numerous occasions criminals were using it to track our locations and to deter their capture.

Government in secrecy is not good government.

If Max Brantley is a good reporter, he will be asking police officials
to specifically document cases where criminals were actively using a
scanner or phone app to "deter their capture." I'll bet that there
won't be an answer, or there will be hemming and hawing and waffling
to avoid having to provide such details. Max appears to have started
this process, since his article states "Repeated inquiries to city
officials about the subject over the last several months were answered
with silence or misinformation." Officer safety is important, but
stonewalling by paid and elected officials is a bad sign.

Bruce in Blacksburg