police scanners

  1. #1
    are they illeagle
    like the one in the fast and furious when he says sorry pizza boy find another way home?
    dont know why really want one

    anyone know
  2. #2
    illegal to listen to police radio's
  3. #3
    you on about the snooper or road angels???
  4. #4
    Na Pred, you know the radio scanners like the old CB's? He means these.
  5. #5
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by MF_Domingo View Post
    are they illeagle
    like the one in the fast and furious when he says sorry pizza boy find another way home?
    dont know why really want one

    anyone know
    'i live my life a quarter mile at a time'....

    Why would you want them? dont speed...
  6. #6
    you used to be able to pick up the police on long wave radio in the 80s...me and our kid used to tune in.
  7. #7
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by hellonpluto View Post
    you used to be able to pick up the police on long wave radio in the 80s...me and our kid used to tune in.
    I got love for you....
  8. #8
    There not ilegal but its ilegal to listen into any freqancy that you are not licenced to do so.
    Why do you want one as all police radios are on microwave now and the scanners dont work for the police now.
  9. #9
    well in that case my dad has one in the garage he never uses it
  10. #10
    just really want one there mint
    anyone know were to buy one?
  11. #11
    ebay is your friend
  12. #12
    all the police forces in the uk are moving to the tetra system soon most have already.means you cant pick them up with any radio/scanner now.tetra is digital and scrambled.
  13. #13
    Lol ill check on there now mate
  14. #14
    You can listen in on some American/Australian police, fire, air traffic control scanners on the Internet, there's loads of websites just google it
  15. #15
    Thats gay its ment to be blue
  16. #16
    i could do wth a road angel though , notthis lol
  17. #17
    Got a thing called cyborg which does the same but just wanted to listen for things to drive to when board like drunken asault at the pub etc
  18. #18
    Cant do it now, all gone digital etc with the new tetra systems. Would imagine it would be very difficult to listen in as the radios are all encrypted etc etc....... although i would not have thought it was impossible
  19. #19
    If the Police found out you're using one ... They will rape you into next week.

    Real life isn't The Fast and the Furious IMO ...
  20. #20
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by fergie127 View Post
    If the Police found out you're using one ... They will rape you into next week.

    Real life isn't The Fast and the Furious IMO ...
    Lol well said fella
  21. #21
    i wasnt saying i wanted to reanact the fast and the furious other wise i wouldnt drive a saxo id be in a orange supra lol
    just was an example so u knew what i was talkin about
  22. #22
    how old are you ? and how old is your brain ? lol *peace out*, fast and furious = film, real life it wouldnt happen like that,dramatised etc imo
  23. #23
    its no illegal to own one.......

    but its illegal to listen in on the po po.......
  24. #24
    and why do you want to listen in anyway, join the police force tbh
  25. #25
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by mymintsaxo View Post
    and why do you want to listen in anyway, join the police force tbh
    so he can call all his homies to "split" from the road block they have made when 5-0 start coming because they've found illegal street racing action in progress..
  26. #26
    iv got serveral scanners /cbs you cant listen to them now there squelshed all you pic up is people tlaking on cbs and taxi/bus people
  27. #27
    i had one before they went digital. was actually really intresting to listen on a friday-saturday night. used to take it out in the car and see if i could get to the call befor them (legally tho lol) they all went digital before the g8 summit so kinda spoiled the fun, can listen to boats and planes, air traffic control etc.

    they sell them in maplin
  28. #28
    Knowing where the police are and what there saying would come in handy some times.
  29. #29
    Where on earth did you get a terrestrial trunk radio? There are big legal issue alone in having one of them. Your not talking just a normal scanner. If you some how legally did have one I do not believe there is any specific law against listening or at least there was not several years ago. But it is against the law to act on the police ratio or use it for any illegal purposes. It was like the way it was legal to have a police speed radar detector but it was just illegal to use it to allow you to speed undetected. I don't know if this is still how it is but that is the way it was.
  30. #30
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by mymintsaxo View Post
    and why do you want to listen in anyway, join the police force tbh
    why so negative
    when someone says i want to make my saxo faster you wouldnt just say sell it and buy a faster car
  31. #31
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by MF_Domingo View Post
    why so negative
    when someone says i want to make my saxo faster you wouldnt just say sell it and buy a faster car
    well actually......
  32. #32
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by mymintsaxo View Post
    and why do you want to listen in anyway, join the police force tbh
    maybe he wants a tester before he buys the cake
  33. #33
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by eoey View Post
    maybe he wants a tester before he buys the cake
    well said lol
  34. #34
    You can't buy any scanners that listen into Uk police, they moved from analogue frequencies to digital (TETRA) a few years ago. So you can't listen in, any scanners you see are for old skool analogue frequencies like Air Traffic Control etc. I think some ambulance services still use analogue?

    Even if you sourced a TETRA scanner, you wouldn't get the police as its encrypted so you would hear jack all and have wasted £60+.

    If you're desperate, rob a cop.
  35. #35
    rob a cop lol then u can hear them reporting it lol