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I suppose they could sit and listen to the police radios 24/7, and doubtless car chases will occur, but I think you're dismissing it as "gimmiky" to be honest.
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In the UK it's illegal to listen to transmissions of which you are not the intended recipient. In the US some police departments stream the police frequencies from their website but the UK police are *extremely* protective of their radio transmissions and would not be amused if Sky started following police chases from the air. Although newspapers and newsrooms may already listen to the police and fire brigade radios (does anyone here know if this happens?) it's quite a different matter to acknowledge to the readers/viewers that they do so.
Another point is that quite a few forces now use O2 Airwave - a very strongly encrypted cellular radio system.
Gareth
A former member
c@t posted:
I suppose they could sit and listen to the police radios 24/7, and doubtless car chases will occur, but I think you're dismissing it as "gimmiky" to be honest.
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In the UK it's illegal to listen to transmissions of which you are not the intended recipient. In the US some police departments stream the police frequencies from their website but the UK police are *extremely* protective of their radio transmissions and would not be amused if Sky started following police chases from the air. Although newspapers and newsrooms may already listen to the police and fire brigade radios (does anyone here know if this happens?) it's quite a different matter to acknowledge to the readers/viewers that they do so.
Another point is that quite a few forces now use O2 Airwave - a very strongly encrypted cellular radio system.
Gareth