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From: Douglas County, GA
Res_q_me is correct that a lot of departments are using "frequency hops" to keep the general public from being able to eaves drop on the conversations. The military does the same thing. In areas using frequency hop, you would ocassionaly catch a transmission here and there, but that's about it. I used to have radar detectors installed in all three of my vehicles. But over the years, they got outdated, and I never replaced them. I don't use them now, and I've only had 1 ticket in the past 16 years, although it was a very steep one. Without or without one, if you speed excessively, you'll get busted sooner or later. It slowed me down, and my insurance company loved it. One ticket in sixteen years of driving, and they ran those rates right on up there. What a raquet.
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I figured I'd put my .02¢ in here because the threat seems to be going back and forth.
I've been a vol. firefighter/emt for about 7yrs now and am also a licensed amateur radio operator.
Scanners are perfectly legal in every state in the United States! There are no permits required to own and use one at home, etc. HOWEVER, some states (not all) have regulated the use of scanners in motor vehicles. Most states have laws prohibiting scanner use in vehicles for the general public, but allows for fire/ems/police/public servants to use them. There are some states that prohibit the use of scanners in any private vehicle as well.
There is also a statute in almost every state's law somewhere which states that scanner use in the commission of a crime, no matter the severity, is a felony!!
Put 2 & 2 together and using a scanner to try to get out of tickets, etc, is against the law because by speeding, technically you are breaking the law. Therefore you will almost always get in more trouble if you get caught speeding and have a scanner in the car without a valid purpose for the scanner.
like I said...just my .02¢
I've been a vol. firefighter/emt for about 7yrs now and am also a licensed amateur radio operator.
Scanners are perfectly legal in every state in the United States! There are no permits required to own and use one at home, etc. HOWEVER, some states (not all) have regulated the use of scanners in motor vehicles. Most states have laws prohibiting scanner use in vehicles for the general public, but allows for fire/ems/police/public servants to use them. There are some states that prohibit the use of scanners in any private vehicle as well.
There is also a statute in almost every state's law somewhere which states that scanner use in the commission of a crime, no matter the severity, is a felony!!
Put 2 & 2 together and using a scanner to try to get out of tickets, etc, is against the law because by speeding, technically you are breaking the law. Therefore you will almost always get in more trouble if you get caught speeding and have a scanner in the car without a valid purpose for the scanner.
like I said...just my .02¢
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