Can a scanner alert to a police radio?

So we have radar detectors that detect when a radar signal is within range and the correct frequency. Is there a "scanner detector"? A scanner that will beep/alert when a police frequencey/channel is near (a mile away) or something? I think it would help with I/O and stuff. Like if ur cruzing and u get an alert that a officer has a radio unit in their car, you could slow down to verify if there is a threat? I saw someone do it with GSP?
And what percent of county/city/state agencys are incripted????

Rocky has his scanner set to receive any signals from a "mobil extender" which highway patrol tends to use.


I would just get a scanner and program the right frequencies so you can hear where they are reporting from.

Rocky does it with GSP. I do it to for my staties too. It depends on their system of course. The scanner should never be your first line of defense, however, it is just another layer of defense and as you and I know, you can never have enough layers of defense. I pick up the mobile extenders, air to ground ops, overpass ops.. I have some recorded if you want to hear it.
Overall, the scanner is pretty effective for me but I don't drive your "average" environment.

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Originally Posted by Solidjake

Rocky has his scanner set to receive any signals from a "mobil extender" which highway patrol tends to use.


I would just get a scanner and program the right frequencies so you can hear where they are reporting from.

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is the frequency list avaiable through each state...I can set it to continously scan ALL the frequency's in which i drive through?
Would I get a lot of falses from a "mobile extender configuration"? And can most scannners do this?

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Rocky does it with GSP. I do it to for my staties too. It depends on their system of course. The scanner should never be your first line of defense, however, it is just another layer of defense and as you and I know, you can never have enough layers of defense. I pick up the mobile extenders, air to ground ops, overpass ops.. I have some recorded if you want to hear it.
Overall, the scanner is pretty effective for me but I don't drive your "average" environment.

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what type of area so u drive? And is it something that could be used with muliple states?

I use a radio shack pro-107. It's very easy to use because you have playlists with the municipalities organized on an sd card. It took me 20 min to learn how to use and program and it's been great. It's good entertainment as well.

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I use a radio shack pro-107. It's very easy to use because you have playlists with the municipalities organized on an sd card. It took me 20 min to learn how to use and program and it's been great. It's good entertainment as well.

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the pro-106 is $400?!?! but on sale currently for $300. How much was the 107?

ALSO - whats the diffence between 200 channel, 1000 channel, and then 39,000 channel scanners? The more the better???

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Rocky does it with GSP. I do it to for my staties too. It depends on their system of course. The scanner should never be your first line of defense, however, it is just another layer of defense and as you and I know, you can never have enough layers of defense. I pick up the mobile extenders, air to ground ops, overpass ops.. I have some recorded if you want to hear it.
Overall, the scanner is pretty effective for me but I don't drive your "average" environment.

radioreference.com

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what type of area so u drive? And is it something that could be used with muliple states?

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Mostly smaller cities with cities only running east and west. This makes it easy for me to pay attention to every frequency. There is nothing to the north or south. I don't really understand your second question. If you're in TX near the border of OK, sure you can program some OK frequencies and hear them but if you're in Brownsville you're not not going to hear anything outside of that area.


You'll probably never need 39,000 channels lol. I have two scanners that hold 25K+ channels and one that holds 200. It really depends on how deep do you want to get into this. Go deep? Go for the digital trunking with 39K. Not very deep? The 200 channel radio should do for most areas. Sometimes I'm in a large city that uses digital trunking to I had to have digital decoding radios. It's more of an entertainment device than a countermeasure, but it does get you in the "mood." There's nothing like hearing your description following a report of a vehicle traveling with excessive speed. *yikes*

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Rocky does it with GSP. I do it to for my staties too. It depends on their system of course. The scanner should never be your first line of defense, however, it is just another layer of defense and as you and I know, you can never have enough layers of defense. I pick up the mobile extenders, air to ground ops, overpass ops.. I have some recorded if you want to hear it.
Overall, the scanner is pretty effective for me but I don't drive your "average" environment.

radioreference.com

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what type of area so u drive? And is it something that could be used with muliple states?

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Mostly smaller cities with cities only running east and west. This makes it easy for me to pay attention to every frequency. There is nothing to the north or south. I don't really understand your second question. If you're in TX near the border of OK, sure you can program some OK frequencies and hear them but if you're in Brownsville you're not not going to hear anything outside of that area.


You'll probably never need 39,000 channels lol. I have two scanners that hold 25K+ channels and one that holds 200. It really depends on how deep do you want to get into this. Go deep? Go for the digital trunking with 39K. Not very deep? The 200 channel radio should do for most areas. Sometimes I'm in a large city that uses digital trunking to I had to have digital decoding radios. It's more of an entertainment device than a countermeasure, but it does get you in the "mood." There's nothing like hearing your description following a report of a vehicle traveling with excessive speed. *yikes*

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my second question was..."could i get a list of all the frequencys I drive in and program them in". So when I enter SC, the scanner will scan for the signal of the county im in....like a cell phone. If its has no signal.....no matter where I go, its gonna try to find one. Will a scanner do the same?

I use it in GA all the time any analog scanner will work. You just go to radioreference.com and find the mobile extender frequencies for the state police. I am just lucky that GA still uses them, a lot of states do not use them anymore. I have a Pro-106 and Pro-107 either one works with picking up the mobile extenders. The Pro-106 you can program to chirp and flash when it detects the GSP which is pretty cool. If you really like listening to the police I would get the Pro-106 since a lot of agencies have moved to digital or have plans to do so in the future (especially in big metro areas).

And for your second question, you can go to radioreference and program in the state, local, county police frequencies for the areas you are traveling through and sort them however you like.

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my second question was..."could i get a list of all the frequencys I drive in and program them in". So when I enter SC, the scanner will scan for the signal of the county im in....like a cell phone. If its has no signal.....no matter where I go, its gonna try to find one. Will a scanner do the same?

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This entire question is not even worth your time or the bandwidth necessary to ponder it.

Police only transmit a signal when they are talking. And if they are talking, they're already busy doing something, and not sitting around looking for speeders. Consequently, almost every transmission you hear equals a "false alert". And to scan all the frequencies you are talking about would take over a full minute to cycle through, meaning the chances of catching anything that will be useful to you are about slim to none. Mostly none.

Scanning is a serious hobby, not something you just stick on your dash and wait for alerts from. If you are not going to commit a LOT of energy to learning the entire hobby, and how to make it work optimally for you, then don't even bother. And even then, you'll still probably never hear anything that is useful to you as a countermeasure.

Read the FAQ.

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my second question was..."could i get a list of all the frequencys I drive in and program them in". So when I enter SC, the scanner will scan for the signal of the county im in....like a cell phone. If its has no signal.....no matter where I go, its gonna try to find one. Will a scanner do the same?

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This entire question is not even worth your time or the bandwidth necessary to ponder it.

Police only transmit a signal when they are talking. And if they are talking, they're already busy doing something, and not sitting around looking for speeders. Consequently, almost every transmission you hear equals a "false alert". And to scan all the frequencies you are talking about would take over a full minute to cycle through, meaning the chances of catching anything that will be useful to you are about slim to none. Mostly none.

Scanning is a serious hobby, not something you just stick on your dash and wait for alerts from. If you are not going to commit a LOT of energy to learning the entire hobby, and how to make it work optimally for you, then don't even bother. And even then, you'll still probably never hear anything that is useful to you as a countermeasure.

Read the FAQ.

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o. im not gonna get one then...

Don't forget to check the laws in your area. In my state, it's illegal to use a scanner in a vehicle unless you're a licensed ham. I believe there was also an exception for media.

The chases that don't make the news are always entertaining.

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Originally Posted by sx4dude2013

my second question was..."could i get a list of all the frequencys I drive in and program them in". So when I enter SC, the scanner will scan for the signal of the county im in....like a cell phone. If its has no signal.....no matter where I go, its gonna try to find one. Will a scanner do the same?

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This entire question is not even worth your time or the bandwidth necessary to ponder it.

Police only transmit a signal when they are talking. And if they are talking, they're already busy doing something, and not sitting around looking for speeders. Consequently, almost every transmission you hear equals a "false alert". And to scan all the frequencies you are talking about would take over a full minute to cycle through, meaning the chances of catching anything that will be useful to you are about slim to none. Mostly none.

Scanning is a serious hobby, not something you just stick on your dash and wait for alerts from. If you are not going to commit a LOT of energy to learning the entire hobby, and how to make it work optimally for you, then don't even bother. And even then, you'll still probably never hear anything that is useful to you as a countermeasure.

Read the FAQ.

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I listen to the Dallas/Irving PD a lot and I've yet to hear anything related to radar/lidar or speed traps.

It's very entertaining to hear some of the stuff going on though.

My BCT-7 has a bear alert it sounds when it picks up a HP vehicle Trunk repeater radio signal you program it by state, it goes off every now and then so I guess they are still using them in some vehicles. Your best bet would be to look up your local & state freqs and program those into your scanner My county uses APCO-25 voice so you might need a digital scanner if your area uses that, other areas use conventional frequencies others use analog trunking. Don't expect to get much useful info though location wise. My Iphone has an app called 5-0 radio where you can choose a county and listen in on the action it even handles APCO-25 I tell you this to save you from shelling out $250-800 on a digital scanner as it only costs $3 and you can even record transmissions. I hope this helps you

If you simply want to listen to the local police/fire/ems then get a simple scanner that meets your needs...you don't need one with 1000 channels, trunking, and all kinds of other stuff unless you actually will use it. I agree that when you get into the more complex stuff, it becomes a time-requiring hobby, not just something to do when you're bored.

If you're trying to detect all police across an entire trip as you trek across the continental USA, you're going to have an insanely difficult time keeping up with that. The only thing I can think of that can even get you close to that is the new HomePatrol, which is not only costly but still probably won't entirely meet those needs.

I quickly scanned threw the posts.. I haven't ever used one but when reading about them the Uniden Bear tracker enabled scanners were said to give you a signal,i think a beep , when the scanner detected activity on police frequency.Something you might look into yourself

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If you simply want to listen to the local police/fire/ems then get a simple scanner that meets your needs...you don't need one with 1000 channels, trunking, and all kinds of other stuff unless you actually will use it. I agree that when you get into the more complex stuff, it becomes a time-requiring hobby, not just something to do when you're bored.

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The problem is most PD's and EMS services are on trunked systems now, unless you live out in the middle of nowhere. Even so a lot of trucked systems from larger cities farm out frequencies to the surrounding smaller towns. And if the trunked systems one wants to listen to are digital, well, the price of the scanner just doubled. You have to ask yourself if you're going to seriously use a scanner that costs 400-500 bucks, if it's just an interest that comes and goes it's probably not worth the expense. If you're using it just for the occaisional road trip - then just buy a good CB instead - it will divulge a lot more information about speed traps anyway.

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Originally Posted by rocky2

I use it in GA all the time any analog scanner will work. You just go to radioreference.com and find the mobile extender frequencies for the state police. I am just lucky that GA still uses them, a lot of states do not use them anymore. I have a Pro-106 and Pro-107 either one works with picking up the mobile extenders. The Pro-106 you can program to chirp and flash when it detects the GSP which is pretty cool. If you really like listening to the police I would get the Pro-106 since a lot of agencies have moved to digital or have plans to do so in the future (especially in big metro areas).

And for your second question, you can go to radioreference and program in the state, local, county police frequencies for the areas you are traveling through and sort them however you like.

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How many frequencies can you program in?? I'd thoroughly appreciate being able to listen to my staties and (my) suburb chatter.

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If you simply want to listen to the local police/fire/ems then get a simple scanner that meets your needs...you don't need one with 1000 channels, trunking, and all kinds of other stuff unless you actually will use it. I agree that when you get into the more complex stuff, it becomes a time-requiring hobby, not just something to do when you're bored.

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The problem is most PD's and EMS services are on trunked systems now, unless you live out in the middle of nowhere. Even so a lot of trucked systems from larger cities farm out frequencies to the surrounding smaller towns. And if the trunked systems one wants to listen to are digital, well, the price of the scanner just doubled. You have to ask yourself if you're going to seriously use a scanner that costs 400-500 bucks, if it's just an interest that comes and goes it's probably not worth the expense. If you're using it just for the occaisional road trip - then just buy a good CB instead - it will divulge a lot more information about speed traps anyway.

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Yeah, I suppose Pennsylvania is behind the times, I apologize :) While we have trunked systems around here out of our ten largest cities, only one uses a trunked system...all 9 others are still on analog VHF or UHF. Between all of my scanners I monitor well over 500 frequencies and all are analog VHF or UHF, only one trunked system.

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If you simply want to listen to the local police/fire/ems then get a simple scanner that meets your needs...you don't need one with 1000 channels, trunking, and all kinds of other stuff unless you actually will use it. I agree that when you get into the more complex stuff, it becomes a time-requiring hobby, not just something to do when you're bored.

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The problem is most PD's and EMS services are on trunked systems now, unless you live out in the middle of nowhere. Even so a lot of trucked systems from larger cities farm out frequencies to the surrounding smaller towns. And if the trunked systems one wants to listen to are digital, well, the price of the scanner just doubled. You have to ask yourself if you're going to seriously use a scanner that costs 400-500 bucks, if it's just an interest that comes and goes it's probably not worth the expense. If you're using it just for the occaisional road trip - then just buy a good CB instead - it will divulge a lot more information about speed traps anyway.

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Yeah, I suppose Pennsylvania is behind the times, I apologize :) While we have trunked systems around here out of our ten largest cities, only one uses a trunked system...all 9 others are still on analog VHF or UHF. Between all of my scanners I monitor well over 500 frequencies and all are analog VHF or UHF, only one trunked system.

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Must be nice.

The one trunked system I would listen to is likely going to go digital also - which sucks. I know someone that works for EMS within that system and they tipped me off to that, and I'm not gonna pay hundreds just to listen to one digital system. That's just insane.

I have a BCT-8 (haven't used it for at least a few years or so), and it had some Bear-Tracker warning feature that alerts highway patrol link frequencies if they were within about a 3 mile range - something like that.

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I have a BCT-8 (haven't used it for at least a few years or so), and it had some Bear-Tracker warning feature that alerts highway patrol link frequencies if they were within about a 3 mile range - something like that.

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Most scanners will have a tough time picking up the input on a mobile unit with just the stock antenna.

The Bearcat BCT-15 has "BearTracker" which listens for the mobile repeater frequencies and alerts on them. The mobile repeater frequency is the one that the car-to-walkie-talkie uses. Since the handheld can't have too much power (~5 watts typical) it is not easy to get out. But since cops generally don't stray too far from their car, the handheld talks to the car on the mobile repeater frequency, then the car will transmit-recieve to the big PD radio tower on a different frequency (the main freq.) at higher power, typically around 50 watts.

This would seem to work only when the cop is out of the car but sometimes they just leave it on all the time. Not as much as they used to though. When this frequency is detected you're fairly close since it is low power -- that is where the 3 miles or less comes in. But this is good since you only really care about the LEO who is close to you.

The Bearcat BCT-7 and BCT-8 had the same technology. They're not made anymore (superseded by the BCT-15). I have a BCT-7, and even in this age of digital comms, the BearTracker feature still worked. I would say that at least half the time that it alerted I would come upon an LEO in a mile or so. I assume the rest of the time they were nearby but on a different road. Sadly, since I got the new car I don't use the BCT-7 anymore. If I could find a good way to mount it without looking like an eyesore inside the car, and without hacking too much on the interior trim, then I'd probably install it.

I've been listening to local LEO's on scanners a lot over the last year. I bought them mostly for entertainment, but also hoping they might be useful as a counter-measure, but they really aren't.
LEO's do not drive around announcing their location every few minutes; the only time they mention their location is when dispatch is checking to see who is closest and can respond the quickest to a call.
I have never heard on say "I'm running a speed trap at such and such a location". When they stop a violator, they do announce their location, but as Stealth said, he's busy so he's not a threat any more.
I had ONE time, last summer, when I was heading out on a short drive, on my favorite local highway, and I just happened to hear a sheriff call in a motorist assist (car on the side of the road) and it just happened to be the way I was going. When I got to the location, he was gone, so I surmised he was ahead of me. 5 miles later he had turned around after reaching the county line, and I met him going the opposite direction--running C/O K-band.

PS, If you drive like a total maniac so people call 911 and report your license plate number, a scanner would be very useful to know when the cops are looking for you, so you can go home and park in the garage where they can't find you. ;p

I find that listening to the scanner while driving is not a good idea--I have to concentrate so hard to follow everything that is said, that it reduces my concentration visually scanning for threats, thus defeating the entire purpose of a scanner!

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I've been listening to local LEO's on scanners a lot over the last year. I bought them mostly for entertainment, but also hoping they might be useful as a counter-measure, but they really aren't.
LEO's do not drive around announcing their location every few minutes; the only time they mention their location is when dispatch is checking to see who is closest and can respond the quickest to a call.
I have never heard on say "I'm running a speed trap at such and such a location". When they stop a violator, they do announce their location, but as Stealth said, he's busy so he's not a threat any more.
I had ONE time, last summer, when I was heading out on a short drive, on my favorite local highway, and I just happened to hear a sheriff call in a motorist assist (car on the side of the road) and it just happened to be the way I was going. When I got to the location, he was gone, so I surmised he was ahead of me. 5 miles later he had turned around after reaching the county line, and I met him going the opposite direction--running C/O K-band.

PS, If you drive like a total maniac so people call 911 and report your license plate number, a scanner would be very useful to know when the cops are looking for you, so you can go home and park in the garage where they can't find you. ;p

I find that listening to the scanner while driving is not a good idea--I have to concentrate so hard to follow everything that is said, that it reduces my concentration visually scanning for threats, thus defeating the entire purpose of a scanner!

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But if they got your LP don't they know where you live?

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When they stop a violator, they do announce their location, but as Stealth said, he's busy so he's not a threat any more.

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That's a false sense of security. If you go flying by at ludicrous speed, they either abandon the stop they're on and pursue you, or more commonly, will radio to one of their buddies and/or dispatch to look for you. Don't think an LEO isn't still watching the road when he's on a stop - he is.

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I've been listening to local LEO's on scanners a lot over the last year. I bought them mostly for entertainment, but also hoping they might be useful as a counter-measure, but they really aren't.
LEO's do not drive around announcing their location every few minutes; the only time they mention their location is when dispatch is checking to see who is closest and can respond the quickest to a call.
I have never heard on say "I'm running a speed trap at such and such a location". When they stop a violator, they do announce their location, but as Stealth said, he's busy so he's not a threat any more.
I had ONE time, last summer, when I was heading out on a short drive, on my favorite local highway, and I just happened to hear a sheriff call in a motorist assist (car on the side of the road) and it just happened to be the way I was going. When I got to the location, he was gone, so I surmised he was ahead of me. 5 miles later he had turned around after reaching the county line, and I met him going the opposite direction--running C/O K-band.

PS, If you drive like a total maniac so people call 911 and report your license plate number, a scanner would be very useful to know when the cops are looking for you, so you can go home and park in the garage where they can't find you. ;p

I find that listening to the scanner while driving is not a good idea--I have to concentrate so hard to follow everything that is said, that it reduces my concentration visually scanning for threats, thus defeating the entire purpose of a scanner!

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But if they got your LP don't they know where you live?

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Ug, LOL

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PS, If you drive like a total maniac so people call 911 and report your license plate number, a scanner would be very useful to know when the cops are looking for you, so you can go home and park in the garage where they can't find you. ;p

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This is off topic, but that reminds me of a bs situation that happened to me 4 or 5 years back. A friend and me were riding four wheelers down the road, and someone called the cops on us. There was snow on the ground, so our tracks were obviously easy to find. Well, I wasn't home at the time, but the leo seen the tracks, walked in my garage without any permission whatsoever, then wrote down the vin number off of my four wheeler. That really pissed me off.

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PS, If you drive like a total maniac so people call 911 and report your license plate number, a scanner would be very useful to know when the cops are looking for you, so you can go home and park in the garage where they can't find you. ;p

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This is off topic, but that reminds me of a bs situation that happened to me 4 or 5 years back. A friend and me were riding four wheelers down the road, and someone called the cops on us.

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LT sure, but What kind of road was it? City / rural Highway, side road, off road? Just curious.

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PS, If you drive like a total maniac so people call 911 and report your license plate number, a scanner would be very useful to know when the cops are looking for you, so you can go home and park in the garage where they can't find you. ;p

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This is off topic, but that reminds me of a bs situation that happened to me 4 or 5 years back. A friend and me were riding four wheelers down the road, and someone called the cops on us.

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LT sure, but What kind of road was it? City / rural Highway, side road, off road? Just curious.

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Eh, I live in a rural area, but there are still plenty of houses around. I'm not 100 percent sure who called us in, but I have a pretty good idea as to who it was, and they live on a fairly rural road behind my house. No highways or anything.

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PS, If you drive like a total maniac so people call 911 and report your license plate number, a scanner would be very useful to know when the cops are looking for you, so you can go home and park in the garage where they can't find you. ;p

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This is off topic, but that reminds me of a bs situation that happened to me 4 or 5 years back. A friend and me were riding four wheelers down the road, and someone called the cops on us.

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LT sure, but What kind of road was it? City / rural Highway, side road, off road? Just curious.

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Eh, I live in a rural area, but there are still plenty of houses around. I'm not 100 percent sure who called us in, but I have a pretty good idea as to who it was, and they live on a fairly rural road behind my house. No highways or anything.

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Sounds like whoever called you in is pretty damn bored, esp in a rural area. I could see if this was right down main street or something where it would be a prob, but I guess some peeps just get bored and cause issues.

Sure they know where you live.
But your car's parked so whoever called you in must have given the wrong plate number. ;)

If they find out on the road after a 911 call, you will be stopped, and you will not enjoy the stop.

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Sounds like whoever called you in is pretty damn bored, esp in a rural area. I could see if this was right down main street or something where it would be a prob, but I guess some peeps just get bored and cause issues.

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Yeah, there's about 3 a**holes that live near me; they like to complain about anything and everything. They've actually called us in because of the four wheelers a few times. There was another instance when the cops actually put me and my friend in the back of his cruiser for about half an hour. Not only that, but they called a tow service to take our four wheelers away. I ended up having to go to court and got 20 hours of community service, lol. That just shows how little leos have to worry about around here. For two people riding four wheelers down the road in a rural area, there were 4 damn leos that showed up. Ridiculous.

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Sounds like whoever called you in is pretty damn bored, esp in a rural area. I could see if this was right down main street or something where it would be a prob, but I guess some peeps just get bored and cause issues.

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Yeah, there's about 3 a**holes that live near me; they like to complain about anything and everything. They've actually called us in because of the four wheelers a few times. There was another instance when the cops actually put me and my friend in the back of his cruiser for about half an hour. Not only that, but they called a tow service to take our four wheelers away. I ended up having to go to court and got 20 hours of community service, lol. That just shows how little leos have to worry about around here. For two people riding four wheelers down the road in a rural area, there were 4 damn leos that showed up. Ridiculous.

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Yeah, sounds about right. LEO's are experts at overkill. When I used to live in Fairfax county in VA I was sitting in a parking lot one night talking on a CB to a couple of friends, and I notice a cop walks up, starts asking me questions - next thing I know headlights come on from everywhere - six cruisers in all. For a guy sitting in a public parking lot wielding a microphone. Assault with deadly language? LOL.

That went on for 20 minutes and they finally just let me go. Can't help what happened during that 20 minutes that the cops COULD have been stopping real bad guys just to surround a guy talking on a frikkin radio in his car not bothering a soul. Totally retarded.

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Yeah, sounds about right. LEO's are experts at overkill. When I used to live in Fairfax county in VA I was sitting in a parking lot one night talking on a CB to a couple of friends, and I notice a cop walks up, starts asking me questions - next thing I know headlights come on from everywhere - six cruisers in all. For a guy sitting in a public parking lot wielding a microphone. Assault with deadly language? LOL.

That went on for 20 minutes and they finally just let me go. Can't help what happened during that 20 minutes that the cops COULD have been stopping real bad guys just to surround a guy talking on a frikkin radio in his car not bothering a soul. Totally retarded.

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Lol, wow. Totally retarded indeed.

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Originally Posted by Sui

Yeah, sounds about right. LEO's are experts at overkill. When I used to live in Fairfax county in VA I was sitting in a parking lot one night talking on a CB to a couple of friends, and I notice a cop walks up, starts asking me questions - next thing I know headlights come on from everywhere - six cruisers in all. For a guy sitting in a public parking lot wielding a microphone. Assault with deadly language? LOL.

That went on for 20 minutes and they finally just let me go. Can't help what happened during that 20 minutes that the cops COULD have been stopping real bad guys just to surround a guy talking on a frikkin radio in his car not bothering a soul. Totally retarded.

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Lol, wow. Totally retarded indeed.

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I can't help wondering how much money in manpower and equipment was wasted making sure my microphone hadn't committed a crime. LOL.

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Originally Posted by johndoesix

Don't forget to check the laws in your area. In my state, it's illegal to use a scanner in a vehicle unless you're a licensed ham. I believe there was also an exception for media.

The chases that don't make the news are always entertaining.

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Getting your technicians license is pretty easy to get. Several of Uniden's analog scanners have BearTracker, which hears the transmission of the officer (usually within 3 miles on the stock antenna).

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Originally Posted by protias

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Originally Posted by johndoesix

Don't forget to check the laws in your area. In my state, it's illegal to use a scanner in a vehicle unless you're a licensed ham. I believe there was also an exception for media.

The chases that don't make the news are always entertaining.

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Getting your technicians license is pretty easy to get. Several of Uniden's analog scanners have BearTracker, which hears the transmission of the officer (usually within 3 miles on the stock antenna).

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Yeah you can get a technician ticket in a week or less. Writtens are easy.