-> Here is an example.  An officer heard on the scanner
-> saying, and I'm paraphrasing here, that he was going to
-> find SOMETHING to arrest this a$$hole for.  Referring
-> to someone he had just pulled over.  And he did.  The
-> only thing was someone had heard him and contacted the
-> guy or his lawyer.  When the judge heard the radio
-> tapes with this statement on it the case was tossed
-> out.  (FYI, the officer lasted about two more weeks on
-> the job.)
RG> Not that the officer did anything correct, but what happened
RG> to the individual that violated Federal, and possibly State
RG> law, by tape  recording the radio transmissions and
RG> releasing them to a third party? 
Nothing, because the tapes were the official police
recordings which are fairly easy to get transcripts of
and to get copies of when your lawyer fills out the
right paper work.  The person with the scanner who
heard the transmission contacted the defence lawyer who
then filled out all the necessary paper work and got a
copy of the tape which he played for the judge.
                      Remember:  Freedom isn't Free!
--- timEd-B11
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