> is people committing crimes with the scanner playing waiting to see if the police are on to them
That's ridiculous. I've seen one police chief give this testimony but I've seen no evidence anywhere or charges levied anywhere showing it has actually occurred and I can't actually parse out the criminal model.
You have to assume that they _absolutely will always_ broadcast the location of burglaries on the radio. They could just not do that. Perhaps they coordinate the arrest using cellphones which is something that happens all the time already. Then your listening in has cost you a person who could otherwise be stealing things and may end up being a highly unreliable indicator of imminent capture. Then you have to be sure you leave early enough and carefully enough that no one, not even a neighbors ring camera, sees you leave the scene or tracks your travel after the crime.
That's not to say I haven't seen "criminals" use them. Street takeovers will monitor traffic to frustrate responding officers. Cannonball run players will monitor traffic to avoid speed traps. I've also used them for skip tracing when trying to find an officer who is also a debtor, ironically, they often think themselves above civil law enforcement and are notoriously hard to collect on.
Anyways, it really seems like a weak dodge from police departments that would rather not be accountable to the public. Chicago is no exception. Delays of communications put control solely in their hands. I can't imagine a worse outcome. It should be a third party non-aligned agency that performs that task and it should take a call from the governor to prevent them from doing it.
That's ridiculous. I've seen one police chief give this testimony but I've seen no evidence anywhere or charges levied anywhere showing it has actually occurred and I can't actually parse out the criminal model.
You have to assume that they _absolutely will always_ broadcast the location of burglaries on the radio. They could just not do that. Perhaps they coordinate the arrest using cellphones which is something that happens all the time already. Then your listening in has cost you a person who could otherwise be stealing things and may end up being a highly unreliable indicator of imminent capture. Then you have to be sure you leave early enough and carefully enough that no one, not even a neighbors ring camera, sees you leave the scene or tracks your travel after the crime.
That's not to say I haven't seen "criminals" use them. Street takeovers will monitor traffic to frustrate responding officers. Cannonball run players will monitor traffic to avoid speed traps. I've also used them for skip tracing when trying to find an officer who is also a debtor, ironically, they often think themselves above civil law enforcement and are notoriously hard to collect on.
Anyways, it really seems like a weak dodge from police departments that would rather not be accountable to the public. Chicago is no exception. Delays of communications put control solely in their hands. I can't imagine a worse outcome. It should be a third party non-aligned agency that performs that task and it should take a call from the governor to prevent them from doing it.