Hi, everybody...
I've mentioned this a few times here in the past, but I want to post a reminder, as I've made an important enhancement to what I'm providing the community here and I want everyone who uses my audio feed to take advantage of it.
First, a couple of very important reminders:
1. This audio is provided for information and entertainment only! Using law enforcement communications for any other purpose (such as going to the scene of an incident or to evade law enforcement) is unlawful. The courts (and law enforcement agencies) have little tolerance for those who misuse law enforcement communications. Please don't jeopardize our ability to remain informed. More and more agencies are encrypting their radio transmissions--don't hasten that here in central Indiana.
2. It is unlawful to receive police communications in a moving vehicle (or even as a pedestrian) unless you hold a valid FCC amateur radio license. This includes all types of players, including smartphones. If you are caught doing so, your equipment will be confiscated and you will be cited. Again, please know and obey the law. Amateur radio is a great hobby; it's lots of fun and the license is easy to obtain after some basic study and a simple test. Experience has proven that some LEO's aren't fully aware of the law regarding this issue, and many people are often not well-informed about their legal right to listen in (see http://www.wthr.com/story/14671565/police-scanner-apps-illegal-in-indiana for an example). If you hold an FCC license, it's a good idea to carry a copy of it and the applicable Indiana code in your vehicle at all times. Here's the Indiana code: http://www.afn.org/~afn09444/scanlaws/laws/scanner/in.html and here's a great source of info about scanner laws in all 50 states: http://www.afn.org/~afn09444/scanlaws/index.html.
Now that the disclaimers are out of the way, let's get to the good stuff! This is what I'm talking about:
Marion County Police Dispatch Live Scanner Audio Feed
I am the "feed provider" for the above-linked live audio feed. I maintain the hardware and software necessary to broadcast Marion County Police Dispatch (Indy Metro, Speedway, Lawrence, and Beech Grove) live audio to compatible internet-based players. These include iTunes, Winamp, Windows Media Player, RealPlayer, etc. There are also a number of mobile-OS based players, such as Scanner Radio (Android) and WunderRadio (iOS, Android, Windows Mobile, Blackberry) which can be used to listen in. If you're listening on a mobile device rather than via the direct link above, just use the app to "drill down" to USA > Indiana > Marion County > Marion County Police Dispatch and you will have found me
The channels I'm broadcasting are chosen in strict accordance with policies established by RadioReference.com, the provider of the "backend system" of servers which makes this all possible for the thousands of feed providers who, like myself, choose to put their local agencies (where their equipment can monitor each system) online. These policies are strict--channels such as investigations, tactical, etc. may not be broadcast (in summary, only dispatch and special events channels are permitted). Again, this is to protect our ability to continue to be able to listen. I take these restrictions very seriously and make every effort to abide by them without exception.
Now, the "enhancement":
If you've listened in the past, you've never been able to tell exactly which agency might have been transmitting at any particular time--now you can! Big thanks goes to Bob Aune (proscan.org), the developer of RadioFeed (the utility I use to "send" audio to the RadioReference servers), as he just yesterday added the ability to stream these "text tags", along with the audio, for my particular scanner model (Uniden HomePatrol-1) and I've set them up to ID the agencies as they transmit. This is something I've looked forward to for a long time, and I'm very glad to be able to do it! You must be using a compatible player to read these tags--iTunes and WinAmp, for example. WunderRadio is the only Andriod app I'm aware of that displays them (it's $4 to $7, depending upon platform, but worth every penny).
EDIT: Scanner Radio (Android) was updated yesterday to support display of tags, as well.
Enjoy! And all you INGO'er LEO's, be careful out there!
I've mentioned this a few times here in the past, but I want to post a reminder, as I've made an important enhancement to what I'm providing the community here and I want everyone who uses my audio feed to take advantage of it.
First, a couple of very important reminders:
1. This audio is provided for information and entertainment only! Using law enforcement communications for any other purpose (such as going to the scene of an incident or to evade law enforcement) is unlawful. The courts (and law enforcement agencies) have little tolerance for those who misuse law enforcement communications. Please don't jeopardize our ability to remain informed. More and more agencies are encrypting their radio transmissions--don't hasten that here in central Indiana.
2. It is unlawful to receive police communications in a moving vehicle (or even as a pedestrian) unless you hold a valid FCC amateur radio license. This includes all types of players, including smartphones. If you are caught doing so, your equipment will be confiscated and you will be cited. Again, please know and obey the law. Amateur radio is a great hobby; it's lots of fun and the license is easy to obtain after some basic study and a simple test. Experience has proven that some LEO's aren't fully aware of the law regarding this issue, and many people are often not well-informed about their legal right to listen in (see http://www.wthr.com/story/14671565/police-scanner-apps-illegal-in-indiana for an example). If you hold an FCC license, it's a good idea to carry a copy of it and the applicable Indiana code in your vehicle at all times. Here's the Indiana code: http://www.afn.org/~afn09444/scanlaws/laws/scanner/in.html and here's a great source of info about scanner laws in all 50 states: http://www.afn.org/~afn09444/scanlaws/index.html.
Now that the disclaimers are out of the way, let's get to the good stuff! This is what I'm talking about:
Marion County Police Dispatch Live Scanner Audio Feed
I am the "feed provider" for the above-linked live audio feed. I maintain the hardware and software necessary to broadcast Marion County Police Dispatch (Indy Metro, Speedway, Lawrence, and Beech Grove) live audio to compatible internet-based players. These include iTunes, Winamp, Windows Media Player, RealPlayer, etc. There are also a number of mobile-OS based players, such as Scanner Radio (Android) and WunderRadio (iOS, Android, Windows Mobile, Blackberry) which can be used to listen in. If you're listening on a mobile device rather than via the direct link above, just use the app to "drill down" to USA > Indiana > Marion County > Marion County Police Dispatch and you will have found me
The channels I'm broadcasting are chosen in strict accordance with policies established by RadioReference.com, the provider of the "backend system" of servers which makes this all possible for the thousands of feed providers who, like myself, choose to put their local agencies (where their equipment can monitor each system) online. These policies are strict--channels such as investigations, tactical, etc. may not be broadcast (in summary, only dispatch and special events channels are permitted). Again, this is to protect our ability to continue to be able to listen. I take these restrictions very seriously and make every effort to abide by them without exception.
Now, the "enhancement":
If you've listened in the past, you've never been able to tell exactly which agency might have been transmitting at any particular time--now you can! Big thanks goes to Bob Aune (proscan.org), the developer of RadioFeed (the utility I use to "send" audio to the RadioReference servers), as he just yesterday added the ability to stream these "text tags", along with the audio, for my particular scanner model (Uniden HomePatrol-1) and I've set them up to ID the agencies as they transmit. This is something I've looked forward to for a long time, and I'm very glad to be able to do it! You must be using a compatible player to read these tags--iTunes and WinAmp, for example. WunderRadio is the only Andriod app I'm aware of that displays them (it's $4 to $7, depending upon platform, but worth every penny).
EDIT: Scanner Radio (Android) was updated yesterday to support display of tags, as well.
Enjoy! And all you INGO'er LEO's, be careful out there!
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