WS> To be honest with you, as an Illinois law enforcement officer, most of
 WS> my co-workers "wouldn't have a clue" if they had to distinguish a
 WS> scanner from a bag of marijuana.  Not to impugn their abilities to
 WS> figure out a radio, but many of them are lucky to be able to get past
   Heh...I think this is a true statement for the entire country  :)
 WS> Then again, there are others who can smell a wanted felon right through
 WS> the (illegal) tinted windows on the ghetto cruiser 'trolling down the
 WS> highway in front of them....
   Yep, and 99.8% of the time they're right, the other .2% of the time the 
warrants just aren't on file yet    :)
 WS> It's not a high priority as far as I can see.  We may run the serial #
 WS> of a scanner found in a car if other circumstances are there, but as far
 WS> as using the radio for illegal purposes, if they're doing something
 WS> wrong (in Illinois) then they can be charged with parties to a crime or
 WS> using the radio for illicit purposes.
   That's just good police work...'cause most "criminals" didn't buy the 
scanner anyway and it needs to be recovered and returned to its rightful 
owner...
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