On 22 Aug 2004 18:43:19 -0700, (Jim) wrote:

Always wondered about it.
Let's say the "bad guy" steals the police radio.
I'd assume there is a way to disable the unit to not be able to transmit.
But it would still be able to receive very well.

Any thoughts?

It depends on the radio. A standard conventional system? Nope. The
radio cannot be disabled. Get into a higher end system, i.e. Astro
Sabers, or trunking, and it possibly can be 'killed' over the air.

But for the most part, if you can listen to the department over a
normal scanner, their radios cannot be modified over the air.
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