jamming the cops

The effectiveness of police stems largely from their team training, like soldiers - always backing each other up. Procedure is, never try to handle a perp alone. So of course, their radio is always on. Historically, the introduction of radio revolutionized law enforcement.

Let's say you're planning a job. Naturally, you want to interfere with police response. Or maybe you want to isolate a single patrol cop. How about a vehicle with a transmitter, tuned to police band, blasting noise? Could you nullify their communications? How long would it take to locate the transmitter? How complex would such a project be?

I figure this must have been a plot theme for a cops & robbers movie at some point -

-- Rich

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RichD
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That could be done, but the FCC and others may take a dim view. A short burst or short-term use decreases locatability, moveable xmitter even more so. Not exactly legal..

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Robert Baer

That's funny: someone committing a crime is not going to worry about the FCC!

The idea of 'confusing' law enforcement is an old, old idea. One thing that has been tried is to call in a number of different 'bogus' calls about robberies, and other events that require the police to respond. That scheme only works partially.

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PeterD

Just set a truck on fire at the exit of the police station:

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Nico Coesel

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