this is a police scanner isn't it?
491839
This is a police, EMS scanner. Anything that goes out from county dispatcher.
491840
Yes it is a police scanner, but also fire & ambulance, marine, ham, air, weather scanner, plus AM & FM radio.
491841
police, fire/emergency, marine, air and more. which makes it a radio scanner not a police scanner(although it will monitor some police frequencies)
326733
It is a digital trunking scanner. I can pick up some P-25 but not the scrambled/encrypted. Need to check what agencies in your area are using. Many law enforcement agencies are secure and cannot be received at all. Check Radioreference.com for frequencies. To program the radio you will probably have to buy software package (radio shack good for two free downloads) then additional software and membership with radioreference. This unit is good at picking up standard frequencies. I get reception from up to 3o miles. It is not real easy to program and the instructions not that great.
293263
I doubt it. It was designed for smart phones. Your scanner is most likely too big.
1429287
This is just a finger print scanner. It utilizes software that is already on computers. So unless you have software that can specifically make use of a fingerprint scanner then the answer is no.
863737
yes!, it tells you the type of radar signal and a gives you a different sound alert for each different type of police radar.
364352
No. It's just a printer. There used to be a scanner head available, but it's been discontinued.
2057116
If interested in receiving police transmissions, most areas have switches to digital...I've found the Scanner app to be very entertaining. Requires smartphone and wifi.
806421
Sorry.. no.. it will not scan the state police digital trunking frequencies
313297
Yes, if you have the frequencies through somewhere such as radio reference, this scanner will receive them. It is a digital scanner and I use it to listen to my local police and county who recently transitioned from analog to digital. It has a learning curve but if you use programming software it is pretty easy.
1084867
This scanner is Analog. Digital scanners cost an upwards of $400. Many counties are gradually converting to digital, but you can go to www.policescanners.net and type in your zip code to find out if law enforcement in your area uses digital or analog. I found the website very helpful.
2075850
Although I have not used it to scan police frequencies, the range of this radio does cover the150 and 450 MHz bands that are commonly used. Municipalities are often using other methods rather than FM for communications these days.
969471
No, This is only a Citizen Band radio, the police have not used these in any serious way for several decades.
1471182
I believe this unit is AS ACCURATE as the ones the police use, if not MORE SO!
2175707
It has a bar code that u scan with the camera, I know what ur thinking and ya its dumb!
900547
My recollection is similar to Judy Olson's comments. I also found working with the Home Patrol to be very intuitive. Not very complicated at all. I think that it's a remarkable scanner in many ways. Enjoy.
337923
No I don't believe so. In my opinion, this is a pretty basic scanner. Worth the money but needs more features.
796995
I also purchased a Laser Jammer, this will give no reading back to the Police laser unit just displays 3 little dashes on the laser unit in the police car. They have no number to reference.