Having a scanner in a truck

and i'll inform you, that prior to becoming an owner operator i was a police officer. prior to that, i was a truck driver. an injury (broken neck) ended my career in law enforcement early, and 2 years off work with extensive rehab, a helluva lot of hard work, and determination got me strong enough to once again drive.

now then.......... my little secret is out.... so...this.

some states, and i don't know about dieselbears juristiction, require only a 40 hour or so course in law enforcement with specific training regarding how they do their jobs. they have limited power to arrest and are pretty much restricted to that specific area in which they work. regular police officers are police officers 24/7, have to attend an academy that last for months, serve a probationary period with an f.t.o. (field training officer) and must be versed in civil as well as criminal law. those police officers may also be certified to inspect commercial vehicles. depending on the state, d.o.t. officers are also police officers with full l.e. power. please understand i am not downing d.o.t. officers by any means. they have their jobs to do, and do those jobs within the limits of the law in their juristiction.

i posted indiana law from the indiana i.c. manual. it is the same manual just about every cop in this state carries with him or her. it is the law of this state, and laws vary from state to state. the problem is, you are bound to the laws of the juristiction you are in. i think dieselbear will agree with what i just posted.

again, i don't care what you decide to do. many of you here spout all kinds of stuff that is just ignorant and will cause you alot of grief. please be my guest and do what you want.

you might look here:

http://www.afn.org/~afn09444/scanlaws/scanner5.html

TO DIESELBEAR.....

AMEN TO THAT! i always like the public service type announcements at 3 a.m. dispatch got off of the wires. have a safe one!

 

driving a truck doesn't make anyone stupid. as a matter of fact, if a person drives right, he or she is pretty smart.

stupid is driving into a state that has laws against what we are discussing, and getting yourself arrested. if you never operate in those states, you don't have a problem do you? however, there are about three or four states that have some pretty tough laws, and it's stupid not to know which ones and what the laws are. in case you haven't figured it out, i have stated i don't care what you do. i am trying to let you know different places have different rules so you won't have a problem. by that i mean i hope you are never arrested, and have a good career.

 

i agree. it oughta be that way everywhere. it seems like lawmakers are concerned about their little part of the world and forget people travel. in the meantime, it's best to use some caution, be informed, and use common sense, don'tcha think?

 

What is "vague" about "NONE"
All the rules posted are dated pre 1980
People that have never owned or run a scanner are on here
bumping gums on a subject that is none of their business,they choose to be the PSA flag crew for "chicken little"

Want a scanner ? buy what you can afford and RUN IT! as "you see fit"
Their short bus will run outta gas soon enough . . . . .

 

It makes lots of sense. That's why we aren't all goose-stepping to the beat of an all-powerful central government - the constitution limits the powers of the federal government. That allows the sovereign states to be as wishy washy as they like. Be happy!

There's municipalities that ban scanners in vehicles too. A couple small places in the Denver CO - metro area did that after cargo theives started using them to get a head start when the cops were responding to break-ins at trailer yards.

 

You're right I didn't see that but Indiana may be like Commiefornia and screw you royally. But I don't see the big deal if someone has a scanner. All your volunteer fireman and most households where I am from have one in their house. I have never seen anyone or even heard of anyone charged with this. Indiana must march to the beat of a different drummer, but laws vary greatly from State to State. I am surprised the ACLU is all over this crap. I'm sure they think someone constitutional rights are being violated by not being able to listen to a police frequency. But it takes one jackhole officer to make us all look like a d***. If they are not using this as a tool to commit crimes I could care less what people listen to. Unless you know the codes that we use it's going to be useless. So many like someone said have encrypted signals now which make it rather expensive so I am told to intercept. I knew as a young buck that everyone in the county is listening to you ever time you key up the mike.

 

26 week live in academy, 8 week FTT. Working a full service barrack (i.e. handling everything from disabled vehicles to murder) Then transferred to our commercial vehicle unit after working the road a number of years. 8 or 9 weeks of training for our inspector and weight classes. Then working with an experience inspector for a few weeks. In my State , I still stop cars, I still handle calls on occasions and still lock a pile of folks up. Hell locked up three this week so far.