Police

[catalyst]

i was doing a little research.. and i came across a scanner/detector setup thats pretty tight.

Supposedly all cop cars/aircraft/and on person radios have a kind of beacon so that other officers can locate downed officers quickly.. theres a scanner from uniden.com that picks up this signal and can detect any cop within a 3 mile radius.

heres a link to it: http://www.uniden.com/product.cfm?product=BCT7

[Chris]

it doesn't look cheap and probably isn't worth it unless you plan on getting more than a couple tickets in the next year or so.

[catalyst]

Originally Posted by chrisdoesntknow

it doesn't look cheap and probably isn't worth it unless you plan on getting more than a couple tickets in the next year or so.

its 170 new and they sell mad cheap used.

The only drawback is that its a fullsize scanner vs. a portable one.

Also, i found out it picks up whats called an extended signal, most cops have them turned on all the time - its a receiver in the car that relys the radio that they carry on their belts back to the car and then to out to all units. Basically its so that if they get out of their cars they can call for backup if something happens.. and the range will be the same as from in the car (the handhelds have horrible range). Kinda confusing i know, but most cops ussually have them on all the time, so if they pull someone over they wont forget to stwitch it on, and so they wont have to every time they get out of their cruiser.

[htp.bmw]

this is exactly what I was looking for, thank you im gonna buy one ill give you a review on it