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Originally Posted by Posh 08
I know NJ. The Sheriff's Office here issues cells to the Deputies and Blackberrys to the Investigators. Cell conversation can't be picked up on scanners like the radio traffic. My point is....... they going to ban LEO from using cells while driving? I'd bet not in Virginia with it's strong Sheriff's Association and powerful Commonwealth Attorney lobby.
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posh - my point is why would anyone ban emergency personnel from using a cell phone for business when they have been communicating by one device or another for years? the use of a cell phone for police/emergency communication is totally different from a private citizen calling in to the office for updates or a soccer mom calling to order a pizza for pick-up on the way home from practice or a couple of guys dishing the dirt on the girls they met at the bar the nite before!
do you really think that the police/emergency responders are cruising their beat and using the phone for other than police/emergency business? here in my town the phone records are reviewed every month [or maybe it is every quarter] for just that reason - to insure that the phone is being used for emergency communication and not personal business. as arrogant as some of the officers on our force can be - they are not willing to risk official reprimand from their commanding officer for misuse of official property!