"m II" wrote in message
news:XstZc.85351$X12.27248@edtnps84...
That's why such phone calls are made from a public phone with a bogus
name.


It's a pretty frightening state of affairs when your advice makes
perfect sense.


mike

Unfortunately few of the police officers would really know what they are
talkinga bout when it comes to enforcement about laws on scanners and would
probably give you the wrong answer out of ignorance or misguided intentions.
Thankfully in Australia, the power to regulate scanning and other
communications issues rests with our commonwealth government (i.e. federal
government) so the state government (and police forces) have no powers to
deal with the issues relating to communications. Have seen a couple of
state coppers very ****ed off when it was pointed out to them they they had
no legal right to confiscate scanners etc (unless used in the commission of
a crime) - still, it makes sense not to be too open when using your
scanners.




Matt