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That would have come in handy for my younger days as well.

Hey yoy might wanna check about having a police scanner in a motor vehicle it may not be legal

The 1st few paragraphs:

299C.37 POLICE COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; USE, SALE.
Subdivision 1.Use regulated.(a) No person other than peace officers within the state, the members of the State Patrol, and persons who hold an amateur radio license issued by the Federal Communications Commission, shall equip any motor vehicle with any radio equipment or combination of equipment, capable of receiving any radio signal, message, or information from any police emergency frequency, or install, use, or possess the equipment in a motor vehicle without permission from the superintendent of the bureau upon a form prescribed by the superintendent. An amateur radio license holder is not entitled to exercise the privilege granted by this paragraph if the license holder has been convicted in this state or elsewhere of a crime of violence, as defined in section 624.712, subdivision 5, unless ten years have elapsed since the person has been restored to civil rights or the sentence has expired, whichever occurs first, and during that time the person has not been convicted of any other crime of violence. For purposes of this section, "crime of violence" includes a crime in another state or jurisdiction that would have been a crime of violence if it had been committed in this state. Radio equipment installed, used, or possessed as permitted by this paragraph must be under the direct control of the license holder whenever it is used. A person who is designated in writing by the chief law enforcement officer of a political subdivision issued a permit under subdivision 3 may use and possess radio equipment while in the course and scope of duties or employment without also having to obtain an individual permit.

Read the whole thing

I dont think these aps fall under the same catagory as a police radio type of device. At least I dont think so, its not like you can communicate on that channel, its more for listening. Its still considered a phone according to the FCC. (Cell phones arent considered an amature radio, at least not currently. Cell phones dont use these type of radio waves.) Which is probably the reason that app is a legal download and can be taken anywhere you want.

bowtie wrote:

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By the way, "On my way home from work" should obviously be translated to: "While walking on the sidewalk while complimenting the flow of traffic, I happened to find an interesting app for my phone. It was called 5-0 Radio. I thought it was about the '80s and '90s Mustangs when it completely surprised me to be a walkie talkie. Now being an upstanding suburbanite who also never watched drama shows with settings in Hawaii, I did was not aware of an urban correlation to the police and the apparent nickname 5-0 to thier fine profession......"

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 There's an easier way...

Officer: "Can I see your phone?"

Bryan: "Can I see your warrant?"

Chris R wrote:

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 I knew I should have included the words, "yes I clicked on the link and read the entire thing" I just knew it. Like I said, "I think" therfore I dont really know. However, cell phones use satellite signals and cellular signals to transfer communication instead of radio signals.

How else could you hear the police communications of El Paso, TX or something like that then? That must be one hell of a series of radio towers to keep transferring the signal across the country. Its because your recieving it through satellite signals and through the mobile web. I dont see any information on that link that mentions anything about cellular signals or satellites. My only thought is that radio signals have different FCC rules then cellular signals.

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 Let us know how that defense works out in court.