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Found by a radio amateur at the request of local police! It's a clear public safety issue, and clearly illegal. Why didn't the police tell him to turn it off?
by PhasmaFelis 10y ago
Found by a radio amateur at the request of local police! It's a clear public safety issue, and clearly illegal. Why didn't the police tell him to turn it off?
- morganvachon 10y agoComing from a law enforcement background, my guess is that there is no local statute that deals with it. It's a violation on the federal level, and the feds already declined to address it, so all the local cops can do is ask the business to replace their faulty equipment. Unless they have a local ordinance that specifically addresses the problem, their hands are tied.
- chillingeffect 10y agoNot to be overly cynical but "safety" is the rationalization. They really were hoping to catch a car thief.
- PhasmaFelis 10y agoThey were expecting someone with an illegal jammer, maybe. I'm not sure where you get "car thief" out of that. 911 calls are the reason jammers are illegal, and it was also causing major inconvenience to some drivers with electronic key fobs--either one should be a sufficient nuisance for law enforcement to step in.