"Buzzygirl" wrote:


"Eric F. Richards" wrote in message
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"Buzzygirl" wrote:

Hah. You don't remember the case of the kid who was an ARES worker a
few years ago... had an RS HTX-202, which had no out-of-band
capabilities at all, cop stopped him, kerchunked his radio and --
surprise! -- it desensed his police radio. Confiscation and charges
ensued.

No, I didn't hear about that. Our tax dollars at work.

(Local situation is much better and I am an ARES member. Cops here
actually treat us with respect, and get the same in return.)

Fortunately, I believe it's the same way here, at least with several PDs
I've worked with. They have actually requested the assistance of a couple of
local clubs I've belonged to when there've been local fairs and large
events. I also belong to a club that works directly with county public
emergency personnel. Perhaps this is the exception rather than the rule.


But there are a lot of exceptions. Michigan and Pennsylvania are
notorious. I'd work with the Salvation Army, the Red Cross, any
humanitarian organization you could think of in those two states, but
I would never, ever work with any of their police departments.

Jackie


--
Eric F. Richards,
"Making me root for a sanctimonious statist blowhard like Kerry isn't
the worst thing Bush has done to the country. But it's the offense
that I take most personally."
-- http://www.reason.com/links/links071304.shtml