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The Federal Communications Commission has fined a Readington, New Jersey man nearly $32,000 after concluding he interfered with Newark Liberty International Airport’s satellite-based tracking system when he used an illegal GPS jamming device in his pickup truck to hide his whereabouts from his employer. Disrupting satellite signals can hinder air traffic controllers’ ability to receive…
Sheriff Joseph Lombardo of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department talks about replacing their relatively new Harris Open Sky radio system with a P25 Phase II system from Motorola. According to the Sheriff, the Open Sky system (which went online in 2010) never worked right but officers love the new P25 system. “Public safety lives and breathes…
On Saturday, November 16, Uniden announced two new flagship scanners – a hand held and a mobile – along with a companion app that will allow you to listen and control the mobile scanner with a computer/tablet/smart phone via the Internet/WiFi. Both will do P25 Phase 1 and 2 digital, be front panel programmable as…
Undercover LAPD officers and gang members fought a car-to-car gun battle in Boyle Heights on Tuesday, but no one was hurt, police said. Three of the four suspects involved in the shooting were in custody this morning, but the fourth was being sought, according to police. The gunfight occurred in the area of Cesar Chavez…
It’s nearly a daily occurrence. Small, 30-foot fishing boats try to make their way to shore along the California coast. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HIS) agents typically find two things onboard – thousands of pounds of dope or more than a dozen illegal aliens. Supervisory Special Agent Jeremy Scott attributes…
