It is a cellphone app and I am not committing or attempting a crime. I made a complaint and didn't like the way it was handled via the coms. Thank you for your help. I plan on going in to discuss it in person next week. I just didn't want to get in trouble for discussing the communications I overheard.
It is a cellphone app and I am not committing or attempting a crime. I made a complaint and didn't like the way it was handled via the coms. Thank you for your help. I plan on going in to discuss it in person next week. I just didn't want to get in trouble for discussing the communications I overheard.
Did they rectify your issue? Or did they make disparaging references to the caller back and forth (which was you)?
Theyd be the biggest idiots I'd ever known of if they did. The channel the OP was listening on was most assuredly a "primary" channel, and thus recorded, and probably scanned by every officer in the immediate vicinity. I've said dumb things on the radio before, but NEVER on Channel "1."
Good luck with that. We know people monitor our dispatch radio traffic. A lot of convos concerning calls happen on other channels (headquarters and car-to-car). You do not have access to those channels via a phone app
First let me say that I support leos and all they do. The officer was professional but lets just say was not enthusiastic about rectifying my issue. My primary issue was vindicated in the call but the phrase "nothing I can do about it" was mentioned. While this issue is not life and death it is an ongoing issue and as far as I am concerned not a civil issue as laid out by the law/ordinance. However I am fully prepared to go down that route if needed. I am not at all upset with how the call was handled. I never spoke with the officer directly. But I can discuss with the department my issue and work with them to rectify the situation.
We thank you for your support, but what's with the Cloak and Dagger surrounding this issue? What exactly was your complaint that wasn't handled to your liking? And FYI, if you have an issue, and you want to be specific about what you want addressed, ask that the officer call you so you can explain.
(Lord knows dispatchers can destrory the whole meaning of a call)
Its illegal in illinois to have a mobile or handheld police scanner in your vehicle. You can have a home base unit and its perfectly legal.In IL, it was illegal to listen AND follow iirc...
Its illegal to illinois to have a mobile or handheld police scanner. You can have a home base unit and its perfectly legal.
Now wait a minute. I have been listening to the police scanners since 1973. I bought my first MOBILE scanner from a police officer. I was told back then that as long as I don't use the scanner in the process of committing a crime, or use it to follow the police on runs, that I was legal to have it. I now have a hand held scanner that I do take with me from time to time. When was the law changed?
Theyd be the biggest idiots I'd ever known of if they did. The channel the OP was listening on was most assuredly a "primary" channel, and thus recorded, and probably scanned by every officer in the immediate vicinity. I've said dumb things on the radio before, but NEVER on Channel "1."
Now wait a minute. I have been listening to the police scanners since 1973. I bought my first MOBILE scanner from a police officer. I was told back then that as long as I don't use the scanner in the process of committing a crime, or use it to follow the police on runs, that I was legal to have it. I now have a hand held scanner that I do take with me from time to time. When was the law changed?